In Reply to: It's been awhile since I saw it, but didn't the detective explain the title in posted by tinear on November 18, 2010 at 15:34:20:
I saw you mentioned it in the context of the Ceauşescu Romania - but this is not correct. If you pay attention to all the small dating details in the film, it becomes clear it takes place in the 21st century - look at cars, computers, YouTube, phones, etc.
I also didn't see the boss as the guy who does nothing - I thought he was extremely good at his job, turning things around with not much pressure or drama, leading the people under him to their own decisions.
Whether it is just or not to put the kid in jail - a subject to whole another study, outside the scope of this film, I believe. The focus of this one was the internal conflict between the law and morality - the thing perhaps best popularized by the Dirty Harry films... :)
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Follow Ups
- I think you miss-dated the reality - Victor Khomenko 06:48:44 11/20/10 (3)
- I don't know as the controlling aspect of the state has changed that much, but I certainly thought - tinear 08:45:11 11/20/10 (2)
- "In a year or two"... :) c'mon, it's been 21 years! - Victor Khomenko 08:56:43 11/20/10 (1)
- I'll see it again. I thought the detective was bull-headed and out to mash the - tinear 11:51:55 11/23/10 (0)