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The first thing that stands out about this film is its remarkable formal stringency. Even its title makes the spectator expect a mathematical approach, and in fact, Cynthia Madansky and Angelika Brudniak’s first full-length documentary film follows a precisely planned dramatic structure. On their tour along the Turkish border the two filmmakers not only visit border cities adjacent to all eight of the country’s neighbors, they also take a look at each one’s counterpart on the other side: These seemingly unimportant towns or even mountain villages on the Balkans, in Anatolia or on the Black Sea coast are separated...