朱丽叶特(Kristin Scott Thomas 饰)亲手杀死了自己只有6岁的儿子,她被判入狱15年,期间丈夫与之离婚,父母和她断绝关系,只有小妹妹莉偷偷思念着疼爱自己的姐姐。
15年后,朱丽叶特出狱,暂住莉(Elsa Zylberstein 饰)的家中。因其犯罪背景,朱丽叶特在求职过程中处处碰壁,妹夫卢克(Serge Hazanavicius 饰)也对她心存芥蒂。随着时间推移,冰冷自闭的朱丽叶特逐渐和妹妹一家人相处融洽,工作步入正轨,也有了心仪之人。这时,莉却无意中得知了姐姐亲手杀死孩子的真相……
本片荣获2009英国学院奖最佳非英语片奖、2008柏林国际电影节天主教人道精神奖、2008欧洲电影节最佳女主角奖。 ©豆瓣
The story opens in Balochistan, in a small, scarcely ‘wired’ village bordering Iran and Afghanistan. Ahmad is an idealistic teacher in exile, educating the local community; his partner Haseeba, however, has spent time in jail in Tehran for the very same offence against the State. The disaccord between them is not only social but also personal. Ahmad's destiny collides with that of a family fleeing the Taliban; soon the intricate divisions of age and gender within that group will trigger other problems and entanglements – including a 'lovers on the run' intrigue that fleetingly recalls Murnau's classic Tabu (1931).
Across all the arresting, shifting peripeteia of its plot, Abbas Amini's film deftly dramatises the complicated question of commitment: do we commit ourselves to a political cause, a set of religious beliefs, or a person? And how do we negotiate the commitments of others, even those closest to us, when they are based on a very different value system?
With its sparse music score, densely naturalistic acting and unostentatious camera work, Endless Borders is almost a minimalistic suspense thriller (with Hitchcockian overtones), combined with a heated family melodrama – but it never loses sight of the serious and extremely timely issues that it raises.
源自:https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/endless-borders