Wichita (1955)

ジョン・フォード監督が“OK牧場の決闘”を題材にした傑作西部劇。 メキシコからカリフォルニアへ牛を運んでいた途中、アリゾナのトゥームストンへ立ち寄るワイアット・アープとその兄弟。だが、留守をまかせていた末弟は何者かに殺され、牛も盗まれてしまった。クラントン一家がその犯人であると踏んだワイアットは、保安官となってトゥームストンに留まる事を決意する。町では賭博師ドク・ホリデイと知り合い、次第に友情を深めていく一方、ドクを追ってやって来たクレメンタインという名の美しい婦人に一目惚れするワイアット。やがて、ドクの愛人チワワが、殺された末弟のペンダントを持っていた事が発覚。それは、クラントンの息子に貰った事が判明する……。

南北戦争前後を舞台に、広大な牧場を持った開拓者とその養子が、新たな商機への道行きの中で様々な局面に遭遇し、衝突しながら苦難を乗り越えていく姿を描いた西部劇。南部に広大な牧場を持つダンスンは、養子のマシュウらと共に、東部へのビッグ・トレイルを敢行した。だが、道は険しく、ダンスンのいらだちは次第に募っていく。やがて、レッド・リバーのほとりにさしかかったとき、牧童の三人が逃亡するという事件が起こった。厳しい処置をとろうとするダンスンに対して、マシュウは牧童の味方をし、ダンスンを脅してその場に置き去りにする。怒りに燃えたダンスンは、マシュウを殺すことを誓うが……。

For ten years, Raymond Depardon has followed the lives of farmer living in the mountain ranges. He allows us to enter their farms with astounding naturalness. This moving film speaks, with great serenity, of our roots and of the future of the people who work on the land. This the last part of Depardon's triptych "Profils paysans" about what it is like to be a farmer today in an isolated highland area in France. "La vie moderne" examines what has become of the persons he has followed for ten years, while featuring younger people who try to farm or raise cattle or poultry, come hell or high water.

牧場主のウィルはあまりの人手不足にやむを得ず11人の幼い少年たちを雇って、牛追いの旅に出る。だが途中で牛泥棒の手が忍び寄り……。西部劇としては異色の展開を見せる、ジョン・ウェイン主演作。

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