Joint Security Area (2000)

Lee Yeong-ae: Maj. Sophie E. Jean

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• Maj. Sophie E. Jean : So, you're an armchair anthropologist.

  Maj. Gen. Bruno Botta : This armchair is not so comfortable anymore after this nasty incident.

• Maj. Gen. Bruno Botta : But this is a very special case. The perpetrator is already in custody, and we even have his confession. Our job is to find out not who, but why. Also, what's important is not the outcome, but the procedure. Right now the Korean peninsula is like one big switch, between tension and reconciliation. Talks are taking place in Beijing and Panmunjon, day in, day out, and at the same time clashes continue. In short, these discussions between the South and the North could be seen as taking place in a... in a dry forest. Even one small spark could burn the whole forest down. Your ultimate goal is to remain perfectly neutral, and not to provoke either the South or the North. Got it?

  Maj. Sophie E. Jean : So, my job is then to stand at the borderline and ask, Could you please tell me why you pulled the trigger?

• Maj. Sophie E. Jean : Why did Sergeant Lee go out alone?

  Nam Sung-shik : An urgent call of nature.

  Maj. Sophie E. Jean : Can a soldier leave his post for that?

  Nam Sung-shik : He said people with constipation should seize a chance when it comes.

• Maj. Sophie E. Jean : Now then, can you tell me about that night?

  Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil : It's all in my deposition.

  Maj. Sophie E. Jean : You mean the deposition you made and signed while in a coma?

  Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil : Stupid wench.

  Maj. Sophie E. Jean : What did you just say? Why is it you all have depositions, but nobody will talk to me?