The Whistleblower, directed by Larsha Condaki, who is also a screenplay adaptation, and starring Rachel Weiss, Monica Bellucci, Benedict Cumberbatch, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strazehn, and others, is a 2010 crime biopic film released.
American policewoman Cathy (Rachel Weitz) divorced her husband due to busy work, and the custody of her own daughter was also given to her husband, and she repeatedly failed to transfer, joined the United Nations peacekeeping force at the suggestion of her superiors, and was assigned to Bosnia to help rebuild the war-torn country.
One day, Cathy meets two women who have escaped from a brothel, and they cry about a brutal crime of human trafficking, for which Cathy once destroyed the hotel where the girls were imprisoned, but when she went to the shelter where the girls were placed, she found that they had disappeared.
In order to find out the truth, Cathy searched for a mountain of bloody evidence and showed that many rule of law personnel within the United Nations were involved, but with the protection of diplomatic immunity and the protection of officials and officials that the United Nations tried to cover up, could Cathy get justice for innocent women and expose the truth of the scandal under the United Nations table?
With regard to threats to international security, the international system has grouped threats into six groups and must pay attention to: first, economic and social threats, including poverty, infectious diseases and environmental degradation;
It has to be admitted that the establishment of the United Nations has made a lot of contributions to the reduction or reduction of the above-mentioned threats, but under the protection of diplomatic immunity, the internal ills of the United Nations are also occasionally known, corruption, malfeasance, mismanagement and other such problems.
Coupled with the fact that governments are divided into sectors and form a situation in which they are independent, the United Nations is not as strong as imagined, often throwing out implied authorizations, covering their ears, and member states also arbitrarily using the veto power, so that the international situation is stuck.
The film "The Informer" is to expose the hidden dark side and vulnerable side of the United Nations.
Based on true events, Whistleblower tells the story of what happened to Cathy, a United Nations peacekeeper, a decade ago. The film has always been based on realism, and then added a little dramatic laying as an embellishment, although not as boring and dull as the documentary, but in order to truthfully explain the background, the rhythm pace is relatively slow, a little dull.
However, from another point of view, the structure of the story is very clear and concise, without deliberately showing off bloody violence, except for the scene where the girl is beaten with an iron rod, only a few photos are used to show the tragic situation of abuse.
The director takes a serious attitude to deal with the image, avoid misleading what is expressed, divert the focus of the event, and let the audience clearly understand the entire context.
Confucius: "The Son eats on the side of the mourner, and does not taste enough." The Son then wept every day, and did not sing." Compassion is common to all, and we are often saddened by the sorrow of others, angry at the persecution of others, and sometimes put ourselves in the shoes of imagination, and we will do a little bit of effort.
However, when everyone is ignoring it, and there are still many people who are following along, how many people can summon up the courage to stop it? Upholding justice comes at a cost, and sometimes it is an unbearable burden.
Especially in the face of a huge social system, what we do may only stir up a wave, or even a small ripple, but should we compromise on this? Continuing to stay out of the way will only make our situation worse, and "shame" and "sense of justice" will always be the basic values of being human.
The film is actually very clear, alluding to the social situation of "rich is the boss", even if it is the most just institution, the rule of law personnel at the bottom are controlled by this private company hired by the United Nations, and even cooperate with various nightclubs and brothels, as long as they are willing to spend money, they will receive them all according to the order.
At the beginning of the film, the Bosnian police and the IPTF swept up several nightclubs, but the reason why these nightclubs refused to pay protection fees angered the IPTF, what a sad and deformed thing, for some small interests and doing things with a clear conscience, you can do whatever it takes, and eventually lose your principles and lose your personality.
In addition to exposing the shortcomings, "The Whistleblower" also has the meaning of promoting feminism. According to statistics, the number of women affected in the Bosnian war was staggering, and even after the war, it was high, and domestic violence was so common that even the police were reluctant to accept it, not to mention the infamous abduction of women.
In the film, the heroine Cathy takes over as the director of the IPTF's gender equality office, and all she does is to do her duty, but she must confront a large number of men who ignore women, whether they are human offenders, or dereliction of duty, or pressure superiors, all of them are indifferent, violent, and disguised, in a society where they are men and symbolize male violence.
But should women be bent on this arrangement? Power must be fought for and defended by oneself, although the reality may not be as optimistic as imagined, but some bottom lines can not be compromised, of course, people with power should not allow themselves to degenerate, remember that power is to help us bear greater responsibility, not to abuse at will, hurt others.
Rachel Weiss' performance in this film is very remarkable, expressing emotions to infect the audience, such as the reluctance shown in the face of her daughter at the beginning; and the determination to give a commitment after hearing the two young girls crying; and the dejection in the face of justice that cannot be done during the investigation, which is very infectious.
The most wonderful thing is that in the second half of the bar, when Cathy was preparing to take away the girls, she suddenly broke into the IPTF rule of law personnel involved in the case, so that the girls did not dare to move, Cathy constantly cried out in grief, and drove away the group of people behind, but the group behind them looked proud and unmoved, and the girls were unwilling to cooperate; Rachel Weiz interpreted the resentment that was very painful but powerless. And this film is really Rachel Weiz's one-man show, whether in the play or outside the play is a lone effort to support it.
The story wants to tell us the ugliness beneath the surface of beauty, and even at the end, sin continues to grow. It is undeniable that human beings have a greedy and ruthless side, and the social system has imperfections, but don't whitewash it because you dare not face it, even if it is angry and painful, we should muster up the courage to face it.
In addition, the average person often has an attitude of not caring about themselves, but indifference does not mean that the problem does not exist, maybe one day things will happen to us, and then there will be no way to ask for help!