No Man's Land...

For a few years now, I had a touch of contempt for this movie "No man's Land", for it had snatched the oscars from "Lagaan". But having watched the movie, I must say the contempt is replaced by awe and respect.

The movie revolves around the two soldiers who end up in the no mans's land. Interestingly, they are from rival borders and are left with one more soldier whose is alive but lying on a land mine in a trench. The role of the UN and the press is shown in an interesting manner. From the helplessness of the UN officials on the field to the irritation caused by the reporters is well portrayed. However, the intention of the press is to get the truth and hence any amount of irritation seems justified. The film itself is well made. The ending is cunningly subtle.

One funny conversation that I remember..

UN Official 1: A bomb diffuser makes only one mistake in life...(smiles)
UN Official 2: Well...actually two.
UN Official 1: How is that?
UN Official 2: First, when he chose the profession.

Apart from this the last scene is quite tragic and hence, seems to persist in your mind.