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