Ethics, has anyone seen it around? (1991)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 0分
演出 : Mercedes Sanchez
シノプシス
The documentary deals with the different definitions of ethics in the daily lives of Brazilians in the early 1990s.
新進気鋭の若き弁護士ケヴィンはその才能と野心を認められ、NYのミルトン法律事務所に夢のような条件でスカウトされる。そして次第に失われていく良心……そこは、悪魔の巣窟だったのだ。
天才的な戦略でロビー活動を仕掛けるエリザベス・スローン。真っ赤なルージュで一流ブランドとハイヒールに身を包み、大手ロビー会社で花形ロビイストとして辣腕をふるう彼女が、銃の所持を支持する仕事を断り、銃規制派の小さな会社に移籍する。アイデアと大胆な決断力で、難しいと思われた仕事に勝利の兆しが見えてきた矢先、彼女の赤裸々なプライベートが露呈し、重ねて予想外の事件が事態を悪化させていく。勝利の女神は誰に、どんな風に微笑むのだろうか…?
人脈も学歴もないために、仕事にありつけないルイス。たまたま事故現場に出くわした彼は、そこで衝撃的な映像を撮ってはマスコミに売るナイトクローラーと呼ばれるパパラッチの姿を目にする。ルイスもビデオカメラを手に入れ、警察無線を傍受しては、事件現場、事故現場に駆け付ける。その後、過激さを誇る彼の映像は、高値でテレビ局に買い取られるように。やがて局の要望はエスカレートし、それに応えようとルイスもとんでもない行動を取る。
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