《告密者》解说文案_Movie Review- The Whistleblower

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加拿大剧情电影《告密者》

于2011年上映

由拉尔沙·康达基导演

拉尔沙·康达基 EilisKirwan编剧

影片讲述了《告密者》根据十年前在联合国担当维和人员的凯瑟琳·波克瓦克的真实经历改编而来

讲述了一个女警察陷入美国当局一桩丑闻事件的种种遭遇

影片线索极为复杂

充满了政治隐喻色彩

The Whistleblower is based on a true story. Nebraska policewoman, Kathyrn Bolkovac is hired by a US military contractor, Democra, to serve as aUN peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia.While investigating a sex trafficking case, she discovers a network of corruptionbetween local bar owners and her UN colleagues. She decides to blow thewhistle, but is relieved of her duties by her superiors. Despite Kate's successwith her lawsuit for wrongful dismissal, the UN personnel involved in thecorruption network go unpunished due to them possessing diplomatic immunity. The film is impressive in its ability to make viewers think.The representation of the lives of sex slaves in Bosnia is mild and reserved, but isno doubt realistic. Yet, as the film suggests, the UN involvement in Bosnia, as inmany other places I suppose, does not effective enough to improve the diresituation. The United Nations is still by and large a weak organization andlacks the proper means to carry out its peacekeeping and humanitarian mission. One of the solutions is to outsource the mission to largecorporations. In Bosnia,the peacekeeping mission is contracted to the company Democra, or in real lifeDynCorp. As the general suspicion towards large corporations is oftenjustified, profit seeking companies can turn out to be lairs of corruption. Some would say, let's resort to sensible policy and a goodsystem to curb the beast of corruption. Here again, diplomatic immunity isintended to ensure that diplomatic agents are given safe passage by exemptingthem from persecution in host countries. But in Bosnia, the privilege is abused andused as a shield, behind which lawless agents conduct felony. Thus, the film proposes a number of questions for viewerswho care enough to think about them, but there isn't much to say about the filmitself. Given all the questions it throws at viewers, it is only natural thatone fails to note whether the film itself is accurate in its presentation ofsuch issues. Every now and then you just can't help but notice when the filmtakes on the tone of melodrama. Amid this mixture of true story and melodrama, leadingactress Rachel Weisz's vivid portrait of an American policewoman striving forjustice is all the more plausible, if only you are able to ignore her proudexhibition of American values. The Whistleblower reveals a reality which is oftendisregarded by most people, and asks the questions that many fail to payattention to. When people are dying and being tortured on the other side of theglobe, do we stand by and watch, or can we do something to make things better?This is certainly a question worth considering. All in all, this film deserves a SEVEN, for all thequestions it poses.