ThestoryopensinBalochistan,inasmall,scarcely‘wired’villageborderingIranandAfghanistan.Ahmadisanidealisticteacherinexile,educatingthelocalcommunityhispartnerHaseeba,however,hasspenttimeinjailinTehranfortheverysameoffenceagainsttheState.Thedisaccordbetweenthemisnotonlysocialbutalsopersonal.Ahmad'sdestinycollideswiththatofafamilyfleeingtheTalibansoontheintricatedivisionsofageandgenderwithinthatgroupwilltriggerotherproblemsandentanglements–includinga'loversontherun'intriguethatfleetinglyrecallsMurnau'sclassicTabu(1931).
Acrossallthearresting,shiftingperipeteiaofitsplot,AbbasAmini'sfilmdeftlydramatisesthecomplicatedquestionofcommitment:dowecommitourselvestoapoliticalcause,asetofreligiousbeliefs,oraperson?Andhowdowenegotiatethecommitmentsofothers,eventhoseclosesttous,whentheyarebasedonaverydifferentvaluesystem?
Withitssparsemusicscore,denselynaturalisticactingandunostentatiouscamerawork,EndlessBordersisalmostaminimalisticsuspensethriller(withHitchcockianovertones),combinedwithaheatedfamilymelodrama–butitneverlosessightoftheseriousandextremelytimelyissuesthatitraises.
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