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Swedish Film Cleverly Blurs The 'Border' Between Reality And Folklore

Tina (Eva Melander), a Swedish customs official, can smell when someone's lying. When she meets a stranger (Eero Milonoff) who knows more about her than he's saying, she sets out to find answers.
Trolling In The Deep: Vore (Eero Milonoff) and Tina (Eva Melander) unwind in the Swedish film <em>Border</em>.

Ostensibly, the title of the Swedish film refers to the internationally recognized demarcation separating one country from another. Its main character Tina (Eva Melander), after all, works at the Swedish Customs Service, where she screens those entering the country for contraband. She's very, very good at her job: She can literally deceit, which, when you think about it, should single-handedly earn her

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