BORDER (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Eva Melander (Flocking), Eero Milonoff (Ganes), Sten Ljunggren (Gone with the Woman), Jörgen Thorsson (Ego), Viktor Åkerblom (Huldra: Lady of the Forest), Rakel Wärmländer (Mind The Gap), Ann Petrén (Mouth to Mouth), Kjell Wilhelmsen (The Crown Jewels), Matti Boustedt (Mute)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ali Abbasi (Shelley), director, writer; Isabella Eklöf (Holiday) and John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let The Right One In), writers; Nina Bisgaard (Sommeren ’92), Piodor Gustafsson (The Snowman) and Petra Jönsson (Medicinen), producers; Christoffer Berg (film debut) and Martin Dirkov (The Charmer), composers; Nadim Carlsen (Strawberry Days), cinematographer; Olivia Neergaard-Holm (Victoria) and Anders Skov (Sami Blood), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tina (Melander), a woman with a facial deformity, works as a customs officer at the Swedish border, where she uses her unusual ability to sniff out guilt and shame to detect contraband. One day on the job, she meets a man named Vore (Milonoff) who has a similar deformity, and as they form a strange bond Tina begins to discover more about who she really is…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Direct from Sweden comes this strange but highly original modern fairy tale, aided by some stunning Oscar-nominated make-up and a story that gets more unpredictable as it goes along.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH MARCH 2019

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