ThestoryopensinBalochistan,inasmall,scarcely‘wired’villageborderingIranandAfghanistan.Ahmadisanidealisticteacherinexile,educatingthelocalcommunity;hispartnerHaseeba,however,hasspenttimeinjailinTehranfortheverysameoffenceagainsttheState.Thedisaccordbetweenthemisnotonlysocialbutalsopersonal.Ahmad'sdestinycollideswiththatofafamilyfleeingtheTaliban;soontheintricatedivisionsofageandgenderwithinthatgroupwilltriggerotherproblemsandentanglements–includinga'loversontherun'intriguethatfleetinglyrecallsMurnau'sclassicTabu(1931). Acrossallthearresting,shiftingperipeteiaofitsplot,AbbasAmini'sfilmdeftlydramatisesthecomplicatedquestionofcommitment:dowecommitourselvestoapoliticalcause,asetofreligiousbeliefs,oraperson?Andhowdowenegotiatethecommitmentsofothers,eventhoseclosesttous,whentheyarebasedonaverydifferentvaluesystem? Withitssparsemusicscore,denselynaturalisticactingandunostentatiouscamerawork,EndlessBordersisalmostaminimalisticsuspensethriller(withHitchcockianovertones),combinedwithaheatedfamilymelodrama–butitneverlosessightoftheseriousandextremelytimelyissuesthatitraises. 源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/endless-borders
