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！