以《布加勒斯特东12点8分》一鸣惊人的罗马尼亚新锐导演再度威震戛纳、连夺两项大奖的黑色写实喜剧。一个警察明知法令条文即将因改朝换代而修改,所以不愿按长官意思立即逮捕一名涉罪不重的学生,却陷入两难处境。幽默讥讽的笔触,直指人被体制物化还洋洋自得的悲哀,戛纳首映掌声如雷,证明罗马尼亚电影奇迹并非昙花一现。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"?