Hosseini

本片包含的四个故事是道德力量与死刑这两个关键主题的变奏曲。这就提出了一个问题：在专制政权及其看似不可避免的威胁下，个人自由能在多大程度上得到表达？

An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.

　　40岁的莱拉一辈子都在照顾父母和她的四个弟弟，但整个家庭被债务击垮，莱拉不得不想出一个商业计划来拯救家庭，就在她急需资金时，她发现其中一个弟弟私藏了一件传家宝，弟弟希望通过这个传家宝成为家族的族长，这个秘密可能将整个家庭带向毁灭。

AnIraniancouplelivingintheUSbecometrappedinsideahotelwheninsidiouseventsforcethemtofacethesecretsthathavecomebetweenthem,inanightthatneverends.

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