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14.3.2022 – #Movies

Directed by Alexander Nanau

Written by Alexander Nanau, Antoaneta Opris

·事件發生在羅馬尼亞，其時任執政黨為社會民主黨（Partidul Social Democrat），政府貪腐問題嚴重，事發前三個月總理才被指控欺詐、逃稅、洗錢等而受審。

·Bucharest市內一間夜店Colectiv大火，數百人傷亡，事後發現夜店的各項設備根本不合符消防規格，安全指示、逃生出口等沒有一樣達標，釀成慘劇。

·《體育公報》記者Tolontan：「當媒體向政府屈服，政府就能賤待他的人民。這是世界慣例。」
他率先調查及揭露死傷者數目龐大的背後原由：醫療系統都被官員腐蝕到壞咗。明明沒有燒傷病房，卻訛稱以歐洲最高規格技術醫治傷者，並拒絕將他們轉送歐洲其他醫院；院方更使用被廠方稀釋過的消毒液，加上種種不當的處理手法，導致留院燒傷者受細菌感染死亡。

·人民憤怒示威，總理下台，新衛生部長Voiculescu上場，其積極改革，後來感悟：「從我上任以嚟學到嘅，就係底下嘅都腐爛哂。」
半年之後，大選來到，人民用行動重新選擇了貪腐的政黨：社民黨得票最多，有約46%。
「走啦，班友過多三十年都唔會醒。」新部長的父親對其勸說。

·紀錄片以三線描繪事件，分別是記者、大火倖存者和改革派新部長。
以為是帶來進步的鐵三角，豈料結局令人大失所望，畢竟此為紀錄片而非劇情片。現實就是如此，人民用血肉養大反噬自己的政權。變好是個漫長的步驟，變壞卻可發生於一夕之間。

·沒有人能置身其外，那業火會追隨住社會上的每一個人。

·結尾，喪子的父親哭著唱： “And tell me what it is that you see A world that's filled with endless possibilities? Heroes don't look like they used to, they look like you do” (“Nothing More”/ The Alternative Routes)

正義不能假手於人。

P.S. Colectiv夜店大火中演奏的樂隊Goodbye to Gravity，五人中只有主音生還……而他們在Colectiv中唱的最後一首歌名為”The Way We Die”。YouTube上有他們當晚的演出片段……亦有大火的一刻。

“The Way We Die” lyrics

Let go and beg for freedom
Another row jumping into the flame
Loose lips are shifting leaders
From here on out everyone is to blame

I'm looking up to my company
A full blown artillery
Keep the sights on the enemy
And bust the lid off anarchy

Your condescending demeanor has all gone wrong
Figured you should have known this all along

We're not numbers we're free, we're so alive
Cause the day we give in is the day we die

Behold, a credo wavering
A sleight of hand is the dogma they preach
Beneath, a conscience’s fading
To even out all your steady beliefs

Stand your ground in the battle zone
Filled with life, bone and scorn
Clench your fists, I'm battle prone
Pull the trigger and set the tone

Pull that trigger

Fuck all your wicked corruption
It's been there since our inception, but we couldn't see
All the times we've felt so hollow
As our hopes were hanged in gallows
All this time we've been locked away
And there was nothing left to say
Until today

We're not numbers we're free, we're so alive
And the day we give in is the day we die