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8 | ->''What are your boundaries?'' |
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10 | ''Frontier(s)'' is a 2007 French horror film directed by Xavier Gens. |
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12 | In the midst of a right-wing extremist being elected in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, riots spark the street. A group of thieves take advantage of the chaos to pull off a robbery before fleeing to a nearby hostel near the border. Unfortunately for them, the place is run by a group of neo-Nazi cannibals. Things get messy. ''Really'' messy. |
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14 | The film was set to be part of the Creator/AfterDarkHorrorfest film festival but the [[MoralGuardians MPAA]] slapped an [=NC-17=] on it and, rather than edit the film, After Dark decided to give it an unrated limited theatrical release elsewhere. |
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17 | !!This film provides examples of: |
18 | * AxCrazy: Goetz is a maniac to put it ''mildly''. |
19 | * ArrangedMarriage: Part of the family's way of extending their bloodline. |
20 | * BigBad: Karl Von Geisler Sr. [[spoiler: but [[DiscOneFinalBoss he dies first]]]]. |
21 | %%* BigScrewedUpFamily |
22 | * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Yasmine survives and is able to leave the hostel after killing the Neo-Nazis minus Eva, but all of her friends are dead, she's arguably incredibly traumatized and the movie ends with her delivering herself to the police who stop her car]]. |
23 | * BloodyHandprint: [[spoiler:Farid]] leaves one as he's boiled alive in the steam room. |
24 | * BodyHorror: Plenty, but [[spoiler: Farid's death]] comes to mind the most. |
25 | * BrokenHeel: Von Geisler cuts the Achilles tendon of one of the thieves. |
26 | %%* CannibalClan |
27 | * CollidingCriminalConspiracies: Thieves vs. ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre''-style horror-film cannibals. |
28 | * CreepyChild: Eva. But she is also a TokenGoodTeammate. |
29 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Eva is naive and still believes her parents will come to pick her up. |
30 | * CrapsackWorld: France is depicted as this. In urban areas, an extreme rightist Prime Minister winning an election is sparking citywide riots, while the country has cannibalistic Nazis roaming the woods. |
31 | * DepravedBisexual: Gilbrette and Klaudette are two sisters who seduce men to lure them to be killed and eaten by their CannibalClan breathren, and are willing to [[BrotherSisterIncest make out with each other]] to do the job. |
32 | * DysfunctionalFamily: The cannibals frequently bicker with one another and seek the approval of the patriarch. |
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34 | * FinalBoss: Gilberte is the last member of the cannibal clan to face off against Yasmine. |
35 | * {{Final Girl}}s: While movie technically has ''two'' final girls, neither fit the wholesome image of the final girl (at least by association). Yasmine is pregnant member of a group of thieves, and Eva is a kind but obedient member of the cannibalistic family that's killed Yasmine's companions. |
36 | * {{Fingore}}: A character's fingers are blown off with a shotgun. |
37 | * {{Gorn}}: It's not as gory as ''Film/{{Inside|2007}}'' but it's very brutal at times (though rated NC-17 by MPAA, it'd be R by modern standards). |
38 | * ForcefulKiss: Karl Jr. gives one to Yasmine. |
39 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Eva follows this path. She's a kind, yet obedient, member of the family to start out with, but she switches allegiances when she saves FinalGirl Yasmine from Karl by shooting him dead.]] |
40 | * ImAHumanitarian: The family eats their victims. |
41 | * InnOfNoReturn: It's run by a family of cannibalistic neo-Nazis. Meaning, once a guest checks in, there's no checking out. |
42 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Alex, who after acting like a douche to everybody [[spoiler: sacrifices himself to help Yasmine escape. He fails in the immediate aftermath and succeeds in the end.]] |
43 | * NaziGrandpa: Karl Von Geisler Sr is a former Nazi from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
44 | * NobleDemon: Hans. He is no nice guy but he shows less malice than others and also is nice to Eva. |
45 | * OneWordTitle: ''Frontier(s)'' |
46 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Well, they're neo-Nazis, so what did you expect? |
47 | * TheQuietOne: Hans only has a few lines of dialogue and spends most of his scenes silent. |
48 | * RealityHasNoSubtitles: Karl Sr. gives a speech in German at the dinner table that is untranslated. |
49 | * ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'', in particular the dinner scene near the end. |
50 | * TheSociopath: Karl von Geisler, Sr., a Nazi who fled to France and founded a hotel where he started a CannibalClan. He views his family as henchmen, only liking Karl Jr. because he's competent, and kidnapped a little girl to use as his personal SexSlave. |
51 | * TakeThat: Largely against Sarkozy-era France and many of its anti-Muslim policies. |
52 | * TraumaticHaircut: Yasmine has most of her hair cut off to be presentable for the rest of the family. |
53 | * TheUnfavorite: Hans appears to be this. |
54 | * VillainProtagonist: The main characters are on the run after taking advantage of riots to rob a bank. Then they run into the Nazi CannibalClan, turning the film into EvilVersusEvil. |
55 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Goetz seeks his father's approval and is frustrated that he gets no respect. |
56 | * YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:Karl Jr.]]'s head explodes after being shot with a shotgun. |
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