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.　　源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/endless-borders