UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship.
After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
威尼斯主竞赛第七场，之前看的都是虚假的主竞赛电影，这部才是真正的《主竞赛》！！！
故事很简单，三个主演的精湛演出撑起了空洞的故事内核，对人心的刻画是值得称道的，但还是略显轻飘。
女孩对于世人犹如一张张卷子上的评语，不太了解，没什么印象。事实上不止是她的同学们，每一个人都不曾真正了解过女孩，无论生前还是死后的她都同样孤独。这种孤独源自于社会中人们的愈渐冷漠－－不追求人道主义与人文关怀，转而为了追逐利益放弃情感需要。媒体竭尽全力的压榨着女孩死亡事件的剩余价值，为了博取关注度不惜破坏他人的人生；父亲看似是在为女儿讨回公道，实际上只是借机为自己的情绪找到一个突破口，却从不曾真正了解关心过女儿。人人都想维持自己绝对正确的地位，而站在错误领地的人，仿佛只能成为众矢之的，唯有以死谢罪。可是所谓的对与错并不能化解一切，唯有理解包容和爱才能。当父亲终于打开女儿尘封的画，开始慢慢试图了解她时，也就同时展开了与世界和自我的和解。
最近几部日本电影都在反思社交媒体放大的恶和人与人之间难以理解、信任带来的悲剧。这部电影前半段差点压抑到让我想弃掉，幸亏坚持到结尾，至少导演最后还是让一点点善意变成了救赎的可能，人们没有疯狂到底，仇恨被踩了刹车，虽然明知这也可能是虚构出来牵强的回转，但此时此地的我却为此会心一笑。一切都不是是毫无意义的空白吧。
嘲讽的力道我爱了，今年为数不多能让人笑出声的电影。一位名流史册的富豪，请来获奖女导演来拍一部诺贝尔奖巨作，从而将两位性格迥异且表演方法不同的演员凑到一起演对手戏。有趣的是，电影中的演员和戏中戏的角色从某种程度上都很相似，两条线的发展也如出一辙。结尾稍微有些弱了，不过整体挺讨我喜欢。
校方踢皮球，媒体瞎剪辑，渔民变牛郎，不懂少女漫，热心大婶之吻，失传超市便当，透明指甲油，天上海豚云，但最绝望的还是葬礼上的母亲道歉，太苦了，所有人都好苦
整个故事少了大客车司机视角。小朋友和片冈礼子戏份挺少让人印象深刻。有这样的老父亲的确是度日如年，由于古田新太饰演的父亲性格太恶劣观影感受真得太过压抑了中间还停了一会再接着看的。寺岛忍这个角色莫名让人讨厌，演得倒是挺好的
短小又真情。虽然没有很复杂，但是人心复杂又温暖又陈无法避免他人责任啊
一场悲剧，但是却在悲剧的后续持续发酵中越来越不清晰这场悲剧的尽头在哪儿？何为道德审判？道德审判又怎么样裹胁着公序良俗？公序良俗过后又是不是会涉及到法律的判断？一切都是在现实社会里值得探讨的公共哲学。片名交待了最后，所有的人似乎，最后都只留下了空白，那段似乎清晰的回忆亦或事实已经不再那么重要了。
其实一直对这帮子学院派没什么太高期待，甚至刚开始看的时候觉得这布景这选角这味也太阿莫多瓦了，乃们西班牙是不是没别人了，但后边慢慢开始渐入佳境，台词很有趣，结尾也很喜欢，真的不错，年度十佳预定了
在高效的前十來分鐘四場戲以後，交代了不被理解的女兒與暴躁的父親形象，迅速奠定了基調。但，片名出來以後是要幹嘛？老套的事件寫法，焦點反覆在不同人物之間拉扯，但人物淪為了表現（導演想像中）的日本民族的高度自省與內疚感的工具，而不像「人」，剩下半小時也不想看了。
日本风格影片，深层剖析人物内心复杂情感，每一个所呈现外在形象，其实并不是真正的自我，看似不可理喻的人，也有其温存善良一面，要试着理解过去所不理解的人和事。
Mariano Cohn、Gastón Duprat。競爭，電影，劇中劇，內外對照，人類生活動力。交互感染，三個主要角色互相對彼此生活模式的模仿。電影只是一座橋。潘妮洛普克魯茲飾演的導演貌似觸犯每一條會被 metoo 的界線（性暗示、破壞私人物品、精神折磨），但行為程度又讓她看起來並不太會被針對。最後的對望鏡頭效果不錯，結局好像略略有點添足。
总会有些小乐趣，最狂的应该是粉碎奖品。两个演员之间的斗争暗流涌动，导演也一起游戏。
无良媒体+暴躁且根本不了解女儿的父亲+网暴
2022.06.17 // 2022.06.19 个人原因打五星。不然四星。😛
入戏太深导致成现实吗，戏剧性的弟弟代替哥哥， 妻子（导演）却假装不知道并继续，故事结束了吗？不，哥哥醒了～
前半段困境描绘尤其给力，后半段解脱和解稍嫌不足。
太冗长了，昏昏欲睡。在西班牙语电影里剧情可以说是毫无惊喜，不够疯。
开头花音的遭遇看得人想放声大哭，她是如此不自信不起眼。
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