モナリザ・スマイル (2003)
In a world that told them how to think, she showed them how to live.
ジャンル : ドラマ, 履歴, ロマンス
上映時間 : 1時間 57分
演出 : Mike Newell
脚本 : Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
シノプシス
1953年、ニューイングランド地方。名門女子大、ウェルズリー大学に女性教師キャサリンがカリフォルニアから赴任してくる。彼女は美術史の助教授として就任し、優秀だが米国一保守的といわれるこの大学に自立心を育てるなどの教育方法で新しい風を吹き込もうと意気込んでいた。しかし先輩教師は、学生にとって重要で価値あるものは教育よりもエリートの恋人からもらう婚約指輪、とキャサリンの考えを一蹴する。それでも彼女は期待を込めて初日の授業に臨むが、早速したたかな優等生ベティら女生徒たちの反発に翻弄されてしまう…。
Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.
マンハッタンの一等地に建つ超高級マンション「ザ・タワー」の最上階に暮らす大富豪ショウ(アラン・アルダ)が、ある日20億ドルの詐欺容疑で逮捕される。それを機に、管理人ジョシュ(ベン・スティラー)をはじめタワーの使用人たちの全財産もだまし取られていたことが発覚。自分たちの財産を取り戻すべく、ジョシュはペントハウスに忍び込んでショウの隠し財産を奪う計画を練るが……。
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96年度のアカデミー賞主演女優賞をジェシカ・ラングが受賞したヒューマン・ドラマ。60年代を背景に情緒不安定な人妻と軍人であるその夫の葛藤を描く。
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コラムニスト、アイクはある男の話をもとに1本の記事を書き上げる。それは何度も婚約を繰り返しては、挙式の最中に花婿を置き去りにして逃げ出すマギーという女の話。彼女を”男を食い物にする女”と切り捨てたその痛烈な記事は大反響を呼んだ。ところが、当のマギーが新聞社に抗議の手紙を送りつけたために、アイクのコラムは打ち切られてしまう。ジャーナリストの意地を賭けたアイクは彼女の住む町に乗り込み、折しも4度目の結婚式を控えるマギーの取材を開始するが…。
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新進の女性フォトグラファー、イザベルは弁護士のルークと恋をして同棲を始めたが、ルークには先妻との間の子供が2人いた……。キャリア・ウーマンが織りなす人間模様を温かいタッチで描く。
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer is putting the moves on his girlfriend, Cassandra, while Garth handles the advances of mega-babe Honey Hornee.
凄腕の企業乗っ取り屋エドワードは、モースが経営する会社を買収するためロサンゼルスへ。ビバリーヒルズのホテルに泊まり、夜のハリウッドをドライブすると、そこで若い売春婦ビビアンと出くわす。彼女を気に入ったエドワードは1週間もの間、彼女を雇って自分のそばにいさせる。やがて2人の間には本物の愛情が芽生え始めるが、片やビジネスマンで片や売春婦。暮らす世界の違いからビビアンは彼と別れる決心を固める。
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料理評論家のジュリアンは、ある日、元ボーイフレンドのマイケルからの電話を受ける。二人は一時期交際し、別れてからも親友として付き合っており、しかも二人とも独身だったら結婚しようと約束していた仲であった。しかしマイケルは今週末に結婚するという。しかも、相手は20歳の女子大生で、父親は富豪だという。未だにマイケルを愛していたという自分の気持ちにやっと気付いたジュリアンは慌て、マイケルの元に飛び、結婚式までの数日間、あの手この手で阻止しようとする。
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Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex and violence-filled journey through an United States of psychos and quickie marts.
ビバリーヒルズでセレブ犬として暮らすチワワのクロエ。クロエの世話を託されたレイチェル(パイパー・ペラーボ)は、クロエを連れてメキシコ旅行へと向かう。しかし、クロエは犬の窃盗団に誘拐されて闘犬場へ。どうにか逃げ出したクロエだったが、見知らぬ土地でノラ犬としての生活を送るハメになってしまう。
The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.
会社の同僚でプライベートでも仲良しの女性3人組。恋人募集中の1人が失恋したのをきっかけに、同棲7年目の恋人、結婚した夫に対して、それぞれ不満を持っている2人も、男心を探るため行動に出ることにする。
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Four different comedic episodes, framed by the story of a Zen master and his two helpless disciples.
アメリカ南部の小さな町に住む女性たちの身の回りで起きる結婚や出産、病気や死など、人生の瞬間を友情とともに感動的に綴る。ジュリア・ロバーツ、サリー・フィールド、ドリー・パートンら名女優が共演。
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.
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