“Borders”: another look at rurality

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Pascale Bussières did not think long before agreeing to play the main role of Frontières, the new psychological thriller from director Guy Édoin. In addition to offering her the opportunity to work again with this filmmaker she particularly likes, the actress saw in this project the opportunity to dive back into the rural world, a universe she had already explored a while ago. dozen years in the drama Marécages.

Pascale Bussières does not hide it: there are many similarities between the Marie she played in Marécages (Edoin's first feature film) and the Diane she plays today in Frontières. Like Marie, Diane manages a dairy farm located on the edge of the American border. It is no coincidence that the two films were shot in the same place, on Guy Édoin's family farm, in the Eastern Townships. 

“ Diane could be an extension of Marie, Pascale Bussières admits from the outset, in an interview with Journal.

“It was very conscious, we even talked about it, Guy and me. Because we are in the same physical environment [as Swamps] and that it was shot in the same place. The fact that it is still a woman who manages a farm and who carries a gun, we are in the same ecosystem. It is as if Guy took a different look each time at this rural reality with all its challenges, its pitfalls, its relationship to the land and the territory, but also to life and death. »

Tragic accident

The plot of Frontièresrevolves around a tragic accident that turns Diane's life upside down, to the point where she wonders if her house is even haunted. Worried about her health, her two sisters (Christine Beaulieu and Marilyn Castonguay) and their mother (Micheline Lanctôt) are trying as best they can to support her in this ordeal.

Frontières marks the third collaboration between Pascale Bussières and Guy Édoin, after Marécages (2011) and Ville-Marie (2015). According to the actress, the bond of trust that already existed between them made it easier to work on the set.

“I would say that it allowed us to save time because there is this relationship that already existed, which could be improved and take us further, confides the 54-year-old actress. It is as if you have already played a musical instrument. You know when you can maybe push the note a little bit. » 

Back to basics

After making two urban films –Ville-Marie and Malek< /em> –, Guy Édoin felt the need to reconnect with the rural environment.