The Line (2017 film)

The Line is a 2017 Slovak-Ukrainian crime thriller film written and directed by Peter Bebjak.

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Plot

On the Slovakia–Ukraine border, shortly before Slovakia joins the Schengen Area, criminal smugglers sneak contraband into the European Union.

Cast

Tomáš Maštalír as Adam Krajňák
Stanislav Boklan as Krull
Zuzana Fialová as Saša Krajňáková
Benkö Géza as Taras
Andrej Hryc as Peter Bernard
Filip Kankovský as Viktor
Emília Vášáryová as Anna Krajňáková
Oleksandr Piskunov as Ivor

Awards and nominations

On 3 July 2017, The Line was released in Slovakia, as well as at the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Crystal Globe and won the Best Director Award for Bebjak. The film was also selected as the Slovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.