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-border有的敢爱敢恨、有的相濡以沫同舟共济(差一点的也就是儿女的嫌弃),也算是城市中人并谈不上被社会遗弃,总体上离所谓的凄凉还很远……即便这样,个体生命凋零的状态也是不忍直视,越看越揪心;生命的下半场就是各种无常的高发地带,得找点精力信仰之类的东西了;片名可以改为“死了都要爱”。
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