No Man's Land Page #6

Synopsis: After various skirmishes, two wounded soldiers, one Bosnian and one Serb, confront each other in a trench in the no man's land between their lines. They wait for dark, trading insults and even finding some common ground; sometimes one has the gun, sometimes the other, sometimes both. Things get complicated when another wounded Bosnian comes to, but can't move because a bouncing mine is beneath him. The two men cooperate to wave white flags, their lines call the UN (whose high command tries not to help), an English reporter shows up, a French sergeant shows courage, and the three men in no man's land may or may not find a way to all get along.
Genre: Drama, War
Director(s): Danis Tanovic
Production: United Artists Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 27 wins & 20 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
2001
98 min
$948,054
Website
1,402 Views


Hi.

Hi.

Are you going somewhere?

Yeah, something came up, | and I got to leave town for a while.

When?

Tonight.

- What have I forgotten? Sh*t. | - What came up?

You know, just business.

- Sh*t. Where are my keys? | - What kind of business?

Just business, you know?

Does Bill know you're going?

No. Why?

Just wondering.

- Where is Bill? Have you seen him? | - No. I don't know where he is.

Goddamn it! Where are my keys?

I wanna know if you're | gonna see Bill tonight.

What are you asking me?

You know something that I dont?

Yeah?

So, we working tonight, or what?

Bill. I've been trying to | get a hold of you all day.

I've been out.

Seen Ann?

No. No, I havent.

So what's the scoop? Are we on?

Ted?

Yeah, f***in' A. Sure. Same place or...

Okay. I'm on my way.

You're going to see him tonight.

Yeah, he's gonna drop me off at the airport.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Be careful.

You be careful.

He's a cop.

- You're right on time. | - Yep.

- Should we go pick ourselves out a car? | - Sure, why not?

- Wanna get a shopping bag? | - F*** the shopping bag.

F*** the shopping bag.

Come on.

Let's take the stairs.

Why not?

- So, how's your day been? | - Okay. How about yours?

Kind of bizarre.

- Saw a great 911 up there. | - Yeah?

Yeah, it's got one of those car phones in it.

You like car phones, don't you?

- After you. | - You first.

You know, | you can't keep doing this forever.

What makes you think so?

You'll get caught, eventually.

You'll go away.

Wrong.

Law of averages.

F*** averages.

I'm never going to jail, | I'll tell you that much.

Here she is.

What would you do to stay out?

I'd do what I had to.

No alarm.

Can't have more than 10,000 miles on it.

You want to do the honors?

You're the expert.

What's the matter? Don't you trust me?

Should I?

I don't know. | You're the unknown here, Benjy. Not me.

I am?

Who the f*** are you?

- You killed Bracey, didn't you? | - Look, I did what I had to, okay?

If we're all so corrupt, | why didn't you just buy him?

I saved your life, man.

Did you? Or was Loos a setup for me?

Look, you're alive, right?

I f***in' trusted you!

Yeah.

We were friends.

Yeah, we were.

You know, I keep thinking that | maybe we can get past all this.

- We cant, can we? | - Nope. I got to bust you.

- You're gonna bust me? | - Yeah.

No.

I'm gonna walk away now.

If you want to stop me...

shoot me in the back.

I'm not letting you go!

You can't kill me.

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