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.
优秀的女演员们联起手来不得了 果然还是女导演更懂女性主题 果然是女演员更懂关注女演员的细节和情绪 2021最佳导演处女作 舒服细腻 能想到的都帮你想到了 甚至有些卧槽 太适合美国中产阶级家庭的女性和千帆过境的成功母亲和神经衰弱的年轻妈妈静静观赏 记得关灯拉窗帘and glass of anything
处女作就拍得如此细腻娴熟，很有才华！；音乐相当加分
三星。中规中矩的导演处女作，但对感情的把控无疑是细腻的。
若有若无的窒息感。为什么离开又要回去呢？自己给自己做出的枷锁。
情绪很棒，Olivia Colman is such a gem
对于女性育儿的细致描绘，自私的活着往往需要更大的勇气，欲望的冲突，生活的琐碎会击垮一个人。 塑造了一个比较有趣且特别视角的女性角色，独身，母亲，中年，利己，勇敢，赎罪，愧疚
挺平淡的，预祝科尔曼二次冲奥成功！阿尔芭·罗尔瓦赫尔的脸怎么了，看起来像整容失败.65/100
通过别人的生活在内心里拯救自己同时探讨女性的社会地位付出的代价虽然我觉得有点歪，剧中的男人都把女人当做玩物般，哪怕是电影院里的小孩，女人再凶横也抵不上男人的一句stop。女性深陷社会这泥潭，同病但不相怜，还好头顶还有片蓝天。
导：4/内：2.5 不喜欢一切建立在不平等关系上的自我救赎
本来也看不来费兰特的书，影像处理又不如让-马克·瓦雷，实在实在看不来。没可能只要和某些议题挂勾就拿高分的，和政治正确有什么差别
翻过来已腐烂的水果与Leda背后青蓝的淤青共同指向了让她痛苦的过去——一个关于女人的自由与母亲的职责相对冲的故事。
对于导演和演员确实觉得足够的肯定，也承认是好的作品。但看的莫名糟心（应该是无法共情和理解）
是近年恐育片里我比较喜欢的。可能是因为插叙的关系。
除了青年勒达的歪嘴演技略显浮夸，剧本，女主，音乐，颜色，镜头，等其他一切都是五星的。
Flashing Back Memories
节奏挺好，直面女性的困境、欲望和孤独。以为同为女性可以互相理解，获得的不过是刺入身体的帽针。如果没有造成不可挽回的结果，不明白女主何苦这样多歉疚，给自己太多枷锁…
没啥意思。在中国这样的妈绝对不合格，别管你多大成就。还搞外遇，把俩孩子直接扔给老公和姥姥。
微微有一点悬疑片的意思，不过还是很克制的。对爱情，对子女，不同的选择会有不同的道路，正在走的道路不见得是错的，但在孤独的时候还是会去思考是不是当时应该走另一条道路呢。
早育毁一生。导演技巧不是很高。女主角特写，pov, 特写again, 配上一个音乐来force emotions。好多莫名的empty air。摄影构图普通，晚上的室内光不好看。
音乐好听。Paul Mescal，Jake Lacey后新一代男花瓶？
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