Swedish fantasy drama in which a female customs officer who can smell fear becomes involved with a mysterious man whilst aiding a police investigation.
Excellent modern fairy tale of identity and otherness.
While Abbasi unpacks his allegorical tale about fear of the other with predominant care, he stumbles at points; this intriguing curio is hampered by its clumsy child pornography ring subplot, which distracts more than it delivers and thus never quite lands emotionally.
Telling an age-old story in a singularly original way, Border is a compelling, sometimes excruciating fairy tale for our times — with a bizarre sex scene to rival Team America’s.
The film has some fairly outré twists up its sleeve.
Eva Melander plays one of the richest and most original characters you will encounter in any film this year.
Ali Abbasi’s dark drama focuses on transgression and taboo as two troubled people living on the edge of society develop a strange friendship.
Border: a Nordic noir romance with cinema's weirdest sex scene.
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