Border
Un Certain Regard
Best Film
Swedish submission
2018
Border
A Film by Ali Abbasi
2018 - Denmark/Sweden - Nordic Noir - 102 min.
with Eva Melander & Eero Milonoff
Language: Swedish
Produced by Nina Bisgaard , Piodor Gustafsson & Petra Jönsson
Border guard Tina is extraordinarily good at spotting smugglers. One day, a suspicious-looking man steps off the ferry. Unable to identify what he’s hiding, she becomes obsessed with him and the disturbing aura he exudes. Her investigation reveals much more than expected, and she is soon forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
Un Certain Regard
Best Film
Swedish submission
2018
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