BORDER (2018) MOVIE REVIEW

Border (Swedish: Gräns) is a 2018 Swedish fantasy film directed by Ali Abbasi with a screenplay by Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf and John Ajvide Lindqvist based on the short story of the same name by Ajvide Lindqvist from his anthology Let the Old Dreams Die. It won the Un Certain Regard award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, and was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards but was not nominated. However, it was nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Tina works for the Swedish Customs Service and uses her heightened olfactory sense to detect contraband, as well as human emotions such as guilt and shame. She has a strongly Neanderthalic appearance and lives in a secluded house in the woods with Roland, a dog trainer.
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[@phoebevaughan5095]

I love this film - it is really weird, but I relate to the main character and find her journey of self discovery really moving. I am autistic and feel a bit out of place in the world so Tina's struggles of identity reminded me of my own. Great review!

[@natesfilmreviews]

Thanks for sharing! I love movies that I can feel a personal connection to especially when they are abstract or different. I always talk about how much I cry during Swiss Army Man and people think I'm crazy, but I love movies that are all about the beauty of being different!

[@rodrigoelboli]

Im from chile and i love the movie, its very different to any other, whit a nice message.

[@natesfilmreviews]

It was a great movie! Thank you for watching the review!

[@martinbynion1589]

Excellent review - this film is utterly unique, and utterly fabulous! Do see it if you can.

[@natesfilmreviews]

Thank you! I appreciate it and totally agree. More people need to see it!

[@tobyb1018]

Great review, I wanna seek this movie out to rent. I vaguely remember this coming out but didn’t see it at the time. I don’t know anything about the writers personal life but it’s interesting that it’s the same person who wrote the novel let the right one in, he clearly likes to write about the outcast and the different, themes of identity, being outcast and bullied, trying to find your place in the world are all over LTROI and seems similar things are going on in this movie, I wonder if it relates to his own experiences..

[@natesfilmreviews]

That's an interesting thought. I definitely think it is a movie you would really enjoy!

[@kyrastube]

John Ajvide Lindqvist as his name is was heavily bullied as a child, yes. Let the right one in is basically autobiographical, apart from the vampire stuff.
When it comes to identity however, as far as I know he is a cis man, and he is married to a woman. So I don't think he is part of the LGBTQ community, if he is he is not open about it, but he seems to be an ally, and that is good enough for me.