Border Movie A Beautiful Love Story + Explanation Spoiler Section

“Border” is a Swedish drama-thriller film otherwise known as Gräns. Border movie is one of the most unusual but best love stories you’ll ever have the pleasure of watching. If you’ve never heard of John Ajvide Lindqvist that’s okay, not too many people have. He just happens to be my very favorite author though and, he wrote the book Let the Right One In, back in 2004. Only four years later, it was adapted into one of my favorite films and then Americanised in 2010. Further, the Border movie explanation is at the end of this review.

Best Love Stories In Movies

For those who whine and pine for originality in cinema, look no further. I am going to do my absolute best to not give the game away during this review. I’ve added a spoiler section at the end of this Border review to list some differences between the original book and the movie. In addition, I have included an explanation of what hisitt is and what happened in the short story after the end of the movie.

The storyline for Border Movie (Gräns)

In their intricate dance of fate, an enchanting tale unfurls—a tale brimming with passion and clandestine desires. Tina is a sharp-witted customs officer armed with an extraordinary ability to sense the hidden depths of human emotions. Just when she thought she had seen it all, along comes Vore, a mysterious stranger whose mere presence stirs a forbidden longing within her, while simultaneously igniting a raging storm of suspicion. Brace yourself for a love story poised on the precipice of temptation and veiled secrets, where every interaction pulses with electricity that transcends the boundaries of reason and sends their destinies spiraling into uncharted territories.

The story is a drama, fantasy, and romance of a peculiar kind and there will be moments you won’t believe what you are seeing. Go into it with the barest of information but keep in mind its folklore fable essence. For more information on the folklore and background of a few things, see the spoiler section.

Cast for the Border movie includes Eva Melander and, Eero Milonoff, Jorgen Thorsen, Ann Petren, and, Sten Ljunggren.

Border Movie Review (Gräns)

As I mentioned before, I’m a massive fan of the original author. Some of my favorite titles are Little Star and Handling the Undead. This film and its predecessor Let the Right One In, are examples of filmmaking where the result does the book justice. I would love to know just how much say Lindqvist has in the feature films made off the back of his novels. I would like to think it’s a lot of the results wouldn’t be this spectacular.

Sure this story is strange AF but for those who whine about movies having the same ideas, themes, or contexts that other movies have — you will never say that about this film. Although the author is known for his horror stories, this is a drama, fantasy with a romantic edge laden with the bizarre. Still, though, it contains all that pent-up edginess you’d expect from a horror without any horror.

The themes are dark and ominous. Tina’s life is sad and lonely despite her incredible gift. One thing the book examines a little more is her background with men and expands on why she got with Roland in the first place. There is one particular chapter that relates to Tina and a friend. He tells her how amazing she is and what a great girl she is. However, he simply couldn’t be with her because she was just too ugly.

As well as the dousing of melancholy the film serves up, it contains some confronting ideas. I won’t go into specifics just yet but don’t go in expecting quiet carnage like in his previous film. 

Ali Abbasi – The Director of Border, One of the Best Love Stories Movie Ever

The film’s director, Alibassi has treated this story with only some minor adjustments. Save for some minor plot points, some switch-ups, and a tweak of the ending, its integrity is very much intact. I adore what Alibassi did with its protagonists Tina and Vore. Their transformation onto the screen both aesthetically and performance-wise could not have been more perfect. 

The Border movie isn’t for everyone, it’s bizarre but boy oh boy I loved it. Lindqvist’s ability to romanticize the unromantic is as amazing as finding two films that are equally as great once adapted from paper.

Overall, the complexity of this story and the magical nature of everything in it will simply re-ignite my passion to rabbit on about this amazing story writer. “Border” is told in a way you will never forget with cinematography that is beautifully done.

Border the full movie (Gräns) is rated

4.5 two mounds are better than one out of 5

Who Is John Ajvide Lindqvist?

John Ajvide Lindqvist is amazing. “Border,” released in 2018 was a short story penned by John Ajvide Lindqvist. After watching the film, I re-read the short story from his book, “Let the Old Dreams Die”, and by gosh did the director Ali Abbasi do a spectacular job bringing this thing to life. Although blasphemous, it may be a shade better than the original text.

Border Movie Explained – One of the Best Love Stories Ever

For those of you thinking WTF did I just watch or simply want a bit more information on Trolls, I am the queen of research and found out a few things concerning the anatomy of the mystical creatures.

I’ll also explain what Vore did with the baby and who he was, why Roland got kicked out, and list some differences between the film and the book. Leave me a comment if you have any more questions.

What Does the Woman in Border Have?

From what I can gather from some troll information I discovered online, males have a bulge and a small nook. The females, however, have a small bulge and a big nook. If you are trying to guess what nooks and bulges are, the nook is a vagina. The bulge is the penis and both are similar to human organs except they look a little different.

What is a Hisitt?

Both male and female trolls can have babies. Tina (or Reva) didn’t think she could have babies but as a female, it is easy for her to have one. Because Vore was spitting out hisiits, once he and Reva did the deed, instead of a hisiit, he had an actual troll baby.

What Did Vore Do to the Baby in “Border”

The hiisit was produced by him as an unfertilized egg from the troll. Because it can be shaped into anything, Vore would mold the hiisit into the form of the baby he intended to swap it with. From there, he successfully stole a human baby from traffic. In the book, Vore takes a picture of Elisabet’s baby so he can go back and mold it. He justified this because his parents were locked up, experimented on, and killed. Reva’s parents and many other troll babies were taken away by humans and made to think they were human.

Vore’s purpose in life is to enact revenge upon humans. He points out that humans are creatures that don’t deserve what life has to offer. He teaches Reva a little about troll life and dietary habits and through Vore, Reva comes to life.

Roland’s Purpose in The Border Movie Explained

Reva’s lot in life was a sad and lonely one. In the novel, she does have friends but her looks are never able to get her a man to be interested. Roland was the first person she met who showed an interest in her but despite this, she was unable to close the deal because, well she is a troll. This is what makes up one aspect of the story as being one of the best love stories ever. It’s essentially troll love.

She believed that if she was unable to have sex then she would be unable to have children. The book talks about how Tina had considered having IVF and having a baby with Roland.

In the book, Tina explains that Roland was good company. She rented the room out originally so that she wasn’t alone. He became her companion but, despite her dislike of dogs, he started a kennel. Despite her hatred of television, he watched one religiously and, he was with other women frequently because she suggested her issues allowed him to. This should explain somewhat the extent of her anxiety when she throws him out. He wasn’t a bad person but he wasn’t exactly awesome to her either.

A Few Differences Between “Gräns” the Novel and the “Border” 2018 Movie

• In the book “Let the Old Dreams Die” (one of the best love story books), Tina drank often and this was her way of switching off her abilities. She liked to drink wine.
• The ending is completely different in the novel, “Let the Old Dreams Die”.
• Most of how Reva explains her emotions and actions are done through diary entries.
• In the film, you could easily assume that Vore is gone and she is left again, by herself. Or you can assume she intended to leave her human life behind due to her feeding the baby a cricket. This is the letter from Vore to Reva before she leaves with him in the story:

Tina

“I knocked on the door. You didn’t answer. Do you still feel the same?

My job is selling children. If I had been a human being, I would have been evil. I don’t know how you judge. But the law would put me in prison for life. I’ve stopped now.

I am carrying our child. A hiisit is an unfertilized egg. A child is a fertilized egg. It will grow up to become a creature like you me if all goes well. I am intending to give birth to it and let it grow up as it should. Perhaps in the Northern forests. I want you to be with me.

I will come to Kapellskar on February 20″

Vore

Quote from Border aka Gräns

When he arrives she leaves to go to him.