Frontier

A tense, morally fraught night that traps you in a cramped, uneasy standoff and leaves you questioning where duty ends and conscience begins.

Directed by

Damián Vondrášek

Genres

Drama

Starring

Marián Mitaš, Raed Farhat, Viktor Zavadil

Overview

During a random check the commander of a Czech Customs Unit discovers a group of immigrants in a van’s cargo area. The chaotic incident is taken advantage of by an underage boy who flees into the surrounding forests. The order is to keep the group in makeshift space and to find the boy. But the boy’s father refuses to co-operate with the search and the unit’s members start being aggressive towards the detained men. The commander tries to deal with the ensuing situation according to the rules but slowly he becomes undecided whether to follow orders or his own conscience. A night which shakes his faith in the system he represents.

How it feels

Tense, dark, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Morality, power, isolation, family

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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