Frontier(s) 2008

As the far-right candidate gains momentum heading into the second round of the French presidential election, Paris descends into chaos. In the midst of this upheaval, a group of Muslim Arab youths—Alex, Tom, Farid, Yasmine, who is pregnant with Sami’s child, and her brother Sami—seize an opportunity to pull off a daring heist. The five young gang members converge in an abandoned alleyway, their eyes fixated on a valuable prize. However, their plans take a grim turn when Sami is shot, necessitating an urgent trip to the hospital due to the severity of his injury.

In a desperate rush, Alex and Yasmine hurry Sami to get medical help, while Tom and Farid escape with the loot, making their way to a seedy inn located near the border. The unsuspecting innkeepers, Gilberte and Klaudia, welcome the duo with open arms. Yet, they quickly weave a web of deceit, luring Tom and Farid into a trap that exploits their vulnerabilities.

Back at the hospital, Sami’s condition deteriorates rapidly. In a heart-wrenching moment, he urges Yasmine to put her unborn child’s future ahead of her own desires, fervently pleading against considering an abortion. With his dying breath, he implores her to leave before the authorities arrive. Taking heed of Sami’s last wish, Alex and Yasmine abandon him to face his fate as they flee in search of freedom.

As darkness envelops the city, Tom and Farid receive a cryptic call from their fellow gang members, directing them to the inn. Unbeknownst to them, however, Gilberte, Klaudia, and their enigmatic patriarch, Goetz, harbor sinister plans for the pair. When Tom and Farid attempt to escape from this hostile environment, Goetz’s cunning scheme unfolds with a brutal ambush, resulting in severe injuries and leaving them stranded at a precipice.

In a frantic attempt to evade capture, Tom stumbles into a perilous mine shaft but is soon recaptured by Goetz’s henchmen. Meanwhile, Farid finds himself navigating the remnants of the abandoned mine, where he stumbles upon a group of forgotten children, unaware of the imminent danger surrounding them. Eventually, Alex and Yasmine arrive at the inn, only to be ensnared in Gilberte and Klaudia’s deceitful trap, leaving their lives hanging by a thread.

In the grim confines of a muddy cell, Alex and Yasmine find themselves shackled together, suffering under the tyranny of their captors. Von Geisler, their cruel captor, looks on, providing Alex with a chance to free Yasmine from her chains, an act of bravery that comes with dire consequences. In his rage, von Geisler exacts a vicious revenge, brutally mutilating Alex’s Achilles tendons, thereby crippling him.

Meanwhile, within the mine’s depths, Farid stumbles onto a hidden storage area where their captors have stashed prisoners. As paranoia sets in among the captors, Hans chases Farid deeper into the mine, leading to a gruesome fate.

As Yasmine escapes the inn, she finds herself once again at the mercy of Goetz, who claims her back into his grasp. Back in the pigpen, von Geisler embarks on a twisted mission to fulfill Alex’s dying wish for Yasmine, suggesting a chilling ‘marriage’ proposal to ensure their lineage continues. However, upon learning of her pregnancy, he tasks the timid Eva with watching over Yasmine, further entwining their fates.

Eva, sharing her own tragic story, reveals the lengths to which she has been bound to loyalty towards her family, along with the dark secret surrounding the innocent children trapped in the mine. As Eva leads Yasmine to her family’s dining room, the tension is palpable. It becomes evident that von Geisler, a man haunted by his past as a former Nazi, has lingered at the inn since World War II while clinging to his perverse ideologies.

Upon trying to raise a toast to the new life they wish to claim, Yasmine seizes an extraordinary chance, grabbing a knife and taking von Geisler hostage. The room erupts into chaos, leading to a tragic confrontation as Hans retaliates, only to meet his end through Karl’s gunfire.

As Yasmine fights for her life, she navigates through the mine tunnels, matching wits with Goetz in a horrific struggle. Ultimately, she triumphs, leaving him gravely injured. But just as she thinks she’s found her path to freedom, she is intercepted by Karl, only to be saved by Eva, who courageously kills him.

In the aftermath of the bloody confrontation, Yasmine rushes to find car keys, but instead faces an ambush from Gilberte and Klaudia, ready to eliminate her. In a split-second decision, she targets a gas tank, igniting a catastrophic explosion that engulfs the room. Miraculously, Gilberte survives the blaze—only to meet her end at Yasmine’s hands.

With the dust finally settling around her, Yasmine stands amidst the carnage of the neo-Nazi family. She implores Eva to escape with her, but Eva resolutely chooses to care for the orphaned children in the mine. Amidst her escape, Yasmine tunes into a radio broadcast announcing the election of the far-right candidate as the new President of France.

Her tumultuous journey leads her to a police blockade near the border, where Yasmine ultimately surrenders, bringing a close to her harrowing ordeal.