
In the aftermath of the September, 11th, in China, the American student Linda Sykes is interrogated by the military Liu Tsung-Yuan. In New York, the Arab student Sharif Bin Said is interrogated by the FBI agent Karen Moore. The psychological methods of interrogation are the same, amicable in the beginning and brutal in the end; but there is no evidence that the students are terrorists. Must security and safety of the State come at the price of freedom?... (Full plot summary below)
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In the aftermath of the September, 11th, in China, the American student Linda Sykes is interrogated by the military Liu Tsung-Yuan. In New York, the Arab student Sharif Bin Said is interrogated by the FBI agent Karen Moore. The psychological methods of interrogation are the same, amicable in the beginning and brutal in the end; but there is no evidence that the students are terrorists. Must security and safety of the State come at the price of freedom?
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| User ReviewYariv AGreat script, particularly the dialogue, although I could have done without the text frames in the beginning and at the end. The whole structure of film was interesting. The acting was superb. The photo/cinematography was stripped bare which became successfully claustrophobic and unpleasant after a while. The story lines were delicate, much of what happens in the film, happens under the surface, especially the two endings. I was really affected by this film, not because of the political aspect, as you'd expect and I think the film-makers (pure guess work, obviously) expected as well, but the human aspect. |
| User ReviewShantel DThe importance of context. How different places... different cultures... different genders completely change the nature of a situation... or not even the nature, but rather the perception of it. The same dialogue in two completely different contexts... or are they really so different? Why do they feel so different and what does that say about our culture? |
| User ReviewPaul MThought-provoking & disturbing. A strong political statement about governmental action in the fight against terrorism & how ordinary people have to suffer their paranoia. |
| User ReviewPaul ZUma americana é detida na China. Um árabe é detido nos EUA. A paranóia toma conta dos governos. Os EUA são a China. A China é os EUA. A americana estuda ciências políticas. O árabe estuda ciências políticas. Ambos são estudantes e ambos estão detidos e sem acusação formal, eles são apenas suspeitos. E os interrogatórios são exatamente os mesmos, os mesmos diálogos, os mesmos colóquios. |