The Broken Line

The Broken Line
FrenchLa ligne brisée
Directed byLouis Choquette
Written byMichelle Allen
Produced byAndré Dupuy
StarringDavid Boutin
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
CinematographyRonald Plante
Edited byClaude Palardy
Music byFM Le Sieur
Production
company
Pixcom
Distributed byAlliance Vivafilm
Release date
  • March 7, 2008 (2008-03-07)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Broken Line (French: La ligne brisée) is a Canadian sports drama film, directed by Louis Choquette and released in 2008. The film stars David Boutin and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Sébastien Messier and Danny Demers, lifelong friends and competitive boxers whose relationship and career is tested when they accidentally hit a bicyclist with their car after a night of excess partying.

The cast also includes Fanny Mallette, Jacynthe René, Benoît Gouin, Steve Laplante and Germain Houde.

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Sound Editing (Robert LaBrosse, France Lévesque, Guy Francoeur, Lucie Fortier, Lori Paquet) at the 29th Genie Awards, and a Jutra Award nomination for Best Cinematography (Ronald Plante) at the 11th Jutra Awards.