diff --git a/web/src/style.css b/web/src/style.css
index ca9df2f..2fd2393 100644
--- a/web/src/style.css
+++ b/web/src/style.css
@@ -1693,10 +1693,14 @@ body {
    console charcoal under a scrim, so the readouts keep their contrast — a
    photo never sits behind text bare. */
 
+/* the backdrop bleeds to the rail; a .module border and inset highlight
+   would fight that edge, so the hero drops both */
 .movie-hero {
   position: relative;
   overflow: hidden;
   margin: 0 0 var(--space-8);
+  border: 0;
+  box-shadow: none;
 }
 
 /* the backdrop layer: painted only when detail supplied one */