Self-determination

Rating: 10/10 (3 May 2005)

Truly one of the best and most philosophically challenging films of at least the decade. Apart of the more obvious question of whether a man can be arrested without having committed a crime, an issue very contemporary because of its direct link to the preemptive strikes very much in fashion now, it also poses the more subtle but more important question of self determination. Is a man really the master of his destiny or is he bound by some divine writing? PS:At the last scene of the film, in the hall when the press conference takes place, while the downloaded vision of Agatha on her mother's murder is put on the screen, the camera scans on the expressions of the audience. It seems that one of the people in the audience is actually former US President Jimmy Carter!