ThestoryopensinBalochistan,inasmall,scarcely‘wired’villageborderingIranandAfghanistanAhmadisanidealisticteacherinexile,educatingthelocalcommunity;hispartnerHaseeba,however,hasspenttimeinjailinTehranfortheverysameoffenceagainsttheStateThedisaccordbetweenthemisnotonlysocialbutalsopersonalAhmad'sdestinycollideswiththatofafamilyfleeingtheTaliban;soontheintricatedivisionsofageandgenderwithinthatgroupwilltriggerotherproblemsandentanglements–includinga'loversontherun'intriguethatfleetinglyrecallsMurnau'sclassicTabu1931
Acrossallthearresting,shiftingperipeteiaofitsplot,AbbasAmini'sfilmdeftlydramatisesthecomplicatedquestionofcommitment:dowecommitourselvestoapoliticalcause,asetofreligiousbeliefs,orapersonAndhowdowenegotiatethecommitmentsofothers,eventhoseclosesttous,whentheyarebasedonaverydifferenTV版aluesystem
Withitssparsemusicscore,denselynaturalisticactingandunostentatiouscamerawork,EndlessBordersisalmostaminimalisticsuspensethrillerwithHitchcockianovertones,combinedwithaheatedfamilymelodrama–butitneverlosessightoftheseriousandextremelytimelyissuesthatitraises
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