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Border

Border

Sense something beautiful

20186.71h 50m

Overview

When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.

Directed by Ali Abbasi
Written by Dennis Magnusson, Ali Abbasi, John Ajvide Lindqvist
Produced by Peter Gustafsson, Nina Bisgaard, Petra Jönsson
Box Office0Revenue: $2.0M

Top Cast

Eva Melander

Eva Melander

Tina

Eero Milonoff

Eero Milonoff

Vore

Jörgen Thorsson

Jörgen Thorsson

Roland

Ann Petrén

Ann Petrén

Agneta

Sten Ljunggren

Sten Ljunggren

Tina's Father

Kjell Wilhelmsen

Kjell Wilhelmsen

Daniel

Rakel Wärmländer

Rakel Wärmländer

Therese

Andreas Kundler

Andreas Kundler

Robert

Matti Boustedt

Matti Boustedt

Tomas

T

Tomas Åhnstrand

Stefan

Themes & Keywords

pedophiliaswedensupernaturalchild pornographyborder guardbased on short storyfinland

About Border

Border is a fantasy, drama, crime film released in 2018 exploring themes of pedophilia, sweden, supernatural, child pornography, border guard, based on short story. Directed by Ali Abbasi, it stars Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson. When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.

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