简介：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

简介：在阿巴丹船厂工人开展激烈的罢工示威之时，工人埃米尔的尸体在一条运河中被发现，引发了众人的怀疑。埃米尔的弟弟易卜拉欣在照顾年迈的母亲的同时，也开始照顾自己的嫂子——年轻美丽的寡妇萨尔瓦。易卜拉欣一直对萨尔瓦充满爱意，但不曾流露这份感情。另一方面，工厂雇主想用钱私了，妄图以现金收买埃米尔一家，让他们不去起诉。但易卜拉欣的母亲与罢工的工人拒绝这件肮脏的交易。然而，易卜拉欣既无法做出决定，也不想被困在两个党派的斗争之中。正在这个时刻，萨尔瓦也有了自己的打算……