Police, Adjective Page #3

Synopsis: In grim, dull Vaslui, Cristi is a young police officer, conscientious, laconic, recently married to Anca, a teacher. He's tailing a kid who smokes pot and may be supplying his friends. Cristi dislikes the assignment: the kid's clearly not a dealer, an arrest would ruin his life, and, Cristi assumes that Romania will soon tolerate marijuana. His superior tells him flatly that the law is the law and to finish the case with a quick arrest. Cristi wants to follow the informant, a youth whose father is a builder. Cristi watches, he smokes, he writes reports, he wants to meet with the prosecutor. Can a cop have a conscience? Is the noun being modified "procedural" or "state"?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Corneliu Porumboiu
Production: IFC Films
  15 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
113 min
£26,692
Website
55 Views


- No, it's... the second, the third.

Even without drinking

I still wouldn't understand it.

- Come on to bed.

- And the thing with flowers.

Some flowers are beautiful,

but some are ugly.

Come to bed.

Forget the flowers.

Sorry, I didn't wash the dishes.

- I'll wash them tomorrow.

- Thanks.

Here's a towel.

Anca?

It's like " What would toothpaste

be without a toothbrush?"

- Hi.

- Hello.

- What's up?

- I'm waiting for the meeting. You?

Nothing up either.

I said I was waiting,

not there was nothing up.

Are you coming?

To the meeting? No.

He'll get annoyed again

and take it out on me.

When are you going?

In 10 minutes.

- Not earlier?

- No.

- Come on, go earlier.

- Why?

I'll go to Passports

and Criminal Records

and I'd rather not bump

into him.

Wait 10 minutes,

let me finish my coffee.

Anyhow, I can't go in early.

You know how punctual he is.

Come on.

Listen:

"Hot drinks make colds worse.

Doctors point out that

the habit of drinking hot infusions

for colds and flu

is very harmful. "

- I thought it's the other way round.

- Come on, Nelu, finish your coffee.

I'm drinking up,

but we can't go in anyway.

You want me to sit with Gina

in the secretary's office?

"Both very hot and very cold drinks

dry up the mucus membranes.

Furthermore, hot drinks can burn

the mucus membranes,

causing micro-lesions which encourage

the appearance of bacteria.

The role of the mucus membranes

is to limit the spread of bacteria. "

- Should I tell the Boss anything?

- No.

Say you haven't seen me

today, if he asks.

- Hello Belu.

- Hello Nelu.

Did you take the key?

Yes.

Bye.

- Hello Cristi.

- Hello.

- Could you get some names for me?

- Of course.

These two are father and son,

for this one I've only

surname and address.

Want some chocolate?

No thanks.

- When do you need this?

- As soon as possible.

I'm going now to Public Records to get

the names of the other family members.

Why don't I do them all at once?

Do these first.

I'm in a hurry.

If one of them has a record

I might have time to investigate further.

When will you bring the others?

Today.

I hope Vali moves on it fast.

I leave at 15:
30 today.

- I'll have them by lunchtime.

- Is at 1 alright?

I don't know,

I haven't talked to Vali yet.

At 12 I'm meeting a friend

for coffee.

Call me ten minutes before.

- OK, thanks.

- See you. Bye.

Sorry.

Look straight ahead.

Chin up a bit.

Hello Costi.

- Hi.

- Please check...

Once more your eyes were closed.

Leave it on the desk. Attention...

Good! Perfect.

After 4 with your ID.

Come on Florin next one.

The first two are father and son,

for the third one check the whole family.

- I'll try.

- Can you do it today?

- The coat...

- I'm bringing more at noon.

I'll do them all together then.

- It'd help me if you do these first.

- It won't help me. You've seen the queue.

- Please do these first.

- I'll try. Bye.

- Thanks.

- Look at me.

Right!

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Hello, Vali.

- Hello.

Did you get all the names

in the family?

For this one I've only

the surname and address.

- When do you need it?

- By lunchtime.

At 1.30?

I have to go through Passports

and Criminal Records too.

At 1?

- OK, 12.30.

- And something else.

- What?

- Get copies to Costi and Dana.

I'll be out and

don't want to return just for this.

Costi... and Dana...

And what do I do with yours?

I'll pick it up before you leave.

If I don't make it,

put it under my door.

Or will I leave it with Nelu?

If Nelu's there, leave it on my desk,

if he's not, stick it under the door.

Three then.

For you, Costi and Dana.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome. Good luck.

Thanks, bye.

Yes...

Good day, Captain.

I'm on a case.

What time do you leave?

I can't get there by 2.

I can't, I have a new lead to follow

and I want to check it out today.

I'll definitely be in

tomorrow morning.

Dana, hello.

I'm here, where are you?

Did you find anything?

What?

Please,

no more than ten minutes...

I'll wait for you in the corridor.

- Hi.

- Hi Cristi, how are you?

- Fine.

- How are things?

Look what I found on Paraschiv.

I've made you a copy.

No victims...

No victims. He's smashed

a barrier at a railway crossing.

- He crashed into it?

- Into the train?

- Yes.

- No, he was stopped...

by the barrier.

There's a diagram of the accident towards

the case but I didn't copy it,

since it wouldn't help you anyway.

- Help me with what?

- With your case.

- Hard to tell.

- I'm not going back down to the archive.

- Is that from Vali's list?

- Yes.

- The rest are okay?

- Yes.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome. Bye.

Hello.

Hello Costi.

Did you get those details for me?

I haven't had time.

I told you it was urgent.

Do you think I work for you?

That's not the point.

That is the point.

You come here with deadlines,

orders even send Vali round...

- Give me a break.

- You're exaggerating.

I'm not exaggerating at all.

How often

have I given you a deadline?

Florin...

If you keep me talking, I won't to do

anything for you today.

So are you going to do it

for me or not?

- I will, when I finish my own work.

- Meaning?

Meaning 3.30.

Florin, will you do it for me?

If you start that,

I won't do it at all.

I'm seeing the Boss tomorrow

and if I don't get results

I'll put someone in jail for nothing.

I'll b at 3.30.

I'm ready at 4.

At 4.

If I can't get back here by 4,

will you leave it under my door?

If anything turns up

I'll leave it for you.

One of them has a record,

so pay attention to him.

Don't I pay attention to them all?

No, that's not what I said.

I need his entries and exits, all

you have on him. That's what I meant.

Make a mark beside his name.

Here.

No, it's on Vali's list.

Vali...

Here.

That's it. Thanks.

You're welcome.

- Bye.

- And please don't phone again.

I said 4, and at 4 it'll be ready.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Have you got tea?

- Yes.

- I'll have one.

- What kind?

Fruits?

Lemon? Mint?

Fruits.

With sugar, please. Two spoons.

I saw you yesterday too.

Is something special going on?

No. I'm keeping an eye

on that hole outside.

Why?

Watching some uninstalled

parts so no-one steals them...

Will it take much longer?

- There's the money.

- Okay.

- Another two or three days.

- Thanks a lot.

"Pursuit report nr. 8

I began the pursuit of Alex lancu at 7.15

at his residence at 12 Ion Barbu St.

At 7:
40 the entire family

father, mother and son left home.

The father got into a Land Rover 4X,

registration 05 AIC

while 2 other got in a Seat Ibiza,

registration 06 AIC and set off.

I ended the pursuit, as I hadn't

anticipated this and had not come by car.

At 10:
50 I resumed the pursuit

in the yard of kindergarten 14,

where the three youths turned up

and smoked, just as in previous days.

The remains of the cigarette

tested positive for THC.

I resumed the pursuit of Alex lancu

at his residence from 14.45.

Nothing happened for 3 hours.

I ended the pursuit at 16.55 when

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Corneliu Porumboiu

Corneliu Porumboiu (Romanian pronunciation: [korˈnelju porumˈboju]; born 14 September 1975) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. His 2006 feature 12:08 East of Bucharest won him the Caméra d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. He is the son of football referee Adrian Porumboiu. His 2015 film The Treasure was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix Un Certain Talent prize. more…

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