无命钱 (2001)

A twenty-something willing to walk the margins of the law for the right price finds that hes on a higher tightrope than he imagined in this compelling low-budget drama from Romania. Ovidiu (Alexandru Papadopol) is a young man with an entrepreneurial bent who is trying to launch a business selling snack food while still living in his parents flat in Constanta. Needing cash to get his business off the ground, Ovidiu is more than willing to listen when hes approached by a local crime boss. It seems the mobster has a package that he needs delivered to Bucharest, and hes willing to pay Ovidiu a healthy wad of cash to do the job. Ovidiu isnt sure whats in the package (and is smart enough not to ask), but he figures its an easy way to make some fast money, so he packs up his van and hits the road, with his girlfriend (Ioana Flora) and another pal (Dragos Bucur) tagging along for company. Assuming theyre carrying some sort of contraband, Ovidiu and his friends have to steer clear of police cars and check points along the way, but before long the law is the least of Ovidius worries when he discovers that a red car is following them -- and the four men inside are determined not to be shaken. Marfa Si Banii was enthusiastically received in its screening at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide 其实没有多突出啦，对社会现实和黑道的展现并没有多少新意，尤其是黑道，丝毫没有超出观影期待。亮点是 B 故事完成很好，一开始两个男主都是孩子，母亲服侍儿子，儿子那个明显更会玩的朋友来了以后，儿子跟他相比更像跟班，帮他沏起了茶。但黑道帮助儿子迅速成长：在他遇袭后主动打给黑帮电话以后，二人主次开始反转，抢过驾车位、领会了警察意思去贿赂，所以到送货地的时候，儿子已经掌握了话语和决定权，后面因看车而起的冲突更是直接挑明了，直至儿子目睹路上的凶杀，朋友却仍在车里睡觉，两个人已经分别处在成人和孩童两个世界，完成关系的颠倒。不过想不通刚到送货地的时候敲门没人为什么不打电话？总有种为了 B 故事舍了 A 故事的感觉。懶懶散散藍衣服男主一路行來卻有大人的模樣；花襯衫看似威，後面卻忙著跟好友賭氣，真是可愛。在將近結尾的地方高潮很棒，雖然藏得深，但可以串連出一個警匪勾結的故事。羅馬尼亞本就偏居一隅，「東歐劇變」又是太過宏大的名詞。通過一部電影，看到了劇變十多年後羅馬尼亞社會的樣貌，真是挺好。警匪片，香港來拍大多是突出交鋒的驚險，但普優將之下沉到生活中，讓觀眾看到——人們是這麼蹚上這灘渾水的，又是怎麼不得不蹚這灘渾水。本片的重要地位在于它绝对是名噪一时的“罗马尼亚新浪潮”的起点作——它具备了一切日后罗马尼亚新浪潮的形式。本片算个反公路片或者黑帮类型的片儿，普通人偶然卷入了一些看似重大的事情，但其实什么都没发生。照例还可以读出民族寓言的成分（强权什么的）。只是本片基本无涉历史，只是有关于现实一路的叨逼叨，一路的平平淡淡，一路的波澜不惊。最后一切都是那