Beyond the Walls (2012 film)

Beyond the Walls (French: Hors les murs) is a 2012 French / Belgian / Canadian drama film directed by David Lambert.^[1]

Beyond the Walls
Film poster
French	Hors les murs
Directed by	David Lambert
Written by	David Lambert
Produced by	Jérôme Dopffer Daniel Morin Jean-Yves Roubin
Starring	Guillaume Gouix Matila Malliarakis
Cinematography	Matthieu Poirot-Delpech
Edited by	Hélène Girard
Music by	Flonja Kodheli
Release date	20 May 2012 (2012-05-20) (CFF)
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	Belgium Canada France
Language	French

The film centres on a romance between Paulo (Matila Malliarakis) and Ilir (Guillaume Gouix), complicated by the bisexual Paulo’s relationship with his girlfriend Anka (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin).^[2]

The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it was in contention for the Queer Palm.^[3]

Cast

• Guillaume Gouix as Ilir
• Matila Malliarakis as Paulo
• David Salles as Grégoire
• Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin as Anka
• Flonja Kodheli as Ilir's sister
• Carmela Locantore [fr] as Ilir's mother

Awards

At the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013, Hélène Girard was a nominee for Best Editing.^[4]