state. (2022)
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上映時間 : 11分
演出 : Bernadette Toh, Sherrie See
シノプシス
state. is an exploration of liminal spaces, physical and emotional, from the perspective of a teenager. Unravelling through a desktop screen, the film navigates between different states: physical and digital, reality and whimsicality, and childhood and adulthood.
While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.
妻に先立たれ、女子高生の娘マーゴットと2人暮らしのデビッド。ある日、勉強会に行ったはずのマーゴットが行方不明なことに気づく。警察に失踪届を出したデビッドは、担当刑事のヴィックとともに、マーゴットのパソコンにログインし、彼女の手がかりを求めてSNSを探り始める。するとそこには、デビッドの知らないもう一人のマーゴットの姿があった。動揺しつつも、さらにマーゴットのSNSを探っていくデビッドだったが…。
中古パソコンを入手したマタイアスは、鎖につながれ監禁された女性やドラム缶の中に入れられた人など、ぞっとする動画ファイルの数々が保存されている「UNTITLED」という名前の隠しフォルダを見つける。その内容に戸惑っていると、見知らぬアカウントからPCを返さないとお前らは死ぬ、というメッセージが届く。
人気女優とひと時を過ごすことができるという企画に当選したニック。しかし、マネージャーを名乗る男に女優が体調を崩したということでキャンセルされ、代わりに隠し撮りしている彼女の部屋のライブ映像をパソコンで閲覧できるようにしようと提案される。言われるがまま女優のプライベートライブ映像を見たニックは、やがて思いも寄らぬ事態に陥る。
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