The Mechanics of Borders () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Hubert Caron-Guay and released in 2025.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mécanique des frontières, La – Film de Hubert Caron-Guay". Films du Québec, May 7, 2026. Caron-Guay's first narrative fiction film following a career in documentaries, the film stars Dylan Walsh as Mathieu, an aimless young man in Quebec who has little ambition beyond working at the local slaughterhouse and drinking with his friends in his free time; one day, however, he receives an unexpected phone call from his sister Heidi (Sophie Fekete), with whom he has had no contact since she ran off three years earlier to live in Tucson, Arizona, with her boyfriend Nathan (Ben Peters), tearfully asking him to come pick her up and drive her back home to Quebec.Manon Dumais, "Sur la route". La Presse, May 29, 2026.
The cast also includes Cat Lemieux, Clémence Carpentier, Tyrone Benskin and Robert Montcalm in supporting roles.
The film premiered at Cinemania in November 2025,Charles-Henri Ramond, "Cinemania 2025: Dix films d’ici en compétition". Films du Québec, October 28, 2025. before going into commercial release in May 2026.Félix Poncelet-Marsan, "Hubert Caron-Guay réalise une première fiction, « La mécanique des frontières », inspiré par ses méthodes de documentariste". Qui Fait Quoi, June 8, 2026.
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