''Boundaries'' (french: Pays) is a Canadian drama film, directed by

Chloé Robichaud Chloé Robichaud (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian director best known for her debut film ''Sarah Prefers to Run''. The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. Early life and education Robichaud was ...

and premiering at the

2016 Toronto International Film Festival The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016. The first announcement of films to be screened at the festival took place on 26 July. Almost 400 films were shown. Awards The festival's final awards were ...

. The film's central characters are Emily Price (

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), Danielle Richard ( Macha Grenon) and Félixe Nasser-Villeray (

Nathalie Doummar Nathalie Doummar is a Canadian actress and playwright.

). Félixe is a newly elected Canadian Member of Parliament who is part of a delegation to the small island nation of Besco to negotiate Canadian investment in the struggling nation's mining industry. Danielle is the country's president, and Emily is a mediator involved in the investment talks. The cast also includes

Serge Houde Serge Houde (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian film and television character actor. He is best known for his role in Jon Cassar's Emmy-nominated miniseries '' The Kennedys'' playing the notorious Chicago mafia boss Sam Giancana opposite Tom ...

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and

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. The film was shot primarily in St. John's and Fogo Island,

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...

."Chloé Robichaud filme son Pays"
'' La Presse'', November 17, 2015.

Plot

Félixe Nasser-Villeray (

Nathalie Doummar Nathalie Doummar is a Canadian actress and playwright.

) is a young, newly elected Member of Parliament. She has been assigned to be part of a delegation from Canada sent to the (fictional) independent nation of Besco to try and negotiate on behalf of the Canadian government for mining rights. Danielle Richard ( Macha Grenon), is the newly elected president of Besco. She wants to renegotiate the deal that her predecessors struck with the Canadian government as she finds the terms unfavourable. Additionally the Canadian government has not been adhering to the terms that they had previously agreed to. The two parties meet in secret in a school gym to hash out a deal, with mediator Emily Price (

) assigned to stay neutral. Initially progress seems to be being made; the Canadian delegation offers to help subsidize some of the costs of mining and environmental protection and offer to help put pressure on the Canadian mining company, Sherman, to help the Besco government. However they abruptly pull out of negotiations and Torpe, the lead Canadian delegate tells president Richard that she must grant Sherman the rights to the mine or Canada will never agree to looser restrictions that will let Besco expand their fishing industry.

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* 2016 films 2010s political drama films Canadian political drama films Films shot in Newfoundland and Labrador Films directed by Chloé Robichaud 2016 drama films French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub