Once Upon a Time (1922)
ジャンル : ドラマ, ファンタジー, ロマンス
上映時間 : 1時間 15分
演出 : Carl Theodor Dreyer
シノプシス
The Princess of Illyria has spurned every suitor, when a gypsy loitering around the castle catches her eye. In actuality, he is the Prince of Denmark, there with his friend Kasper Røghat. The prince captivates her with magic devices, a noisemaker and a copper kettle, in return for kisses and a night in her bedchamber. When Kasper Røghat tells the king about the “affair,” the princess is thrown out of the castle, forcing her to settle in Denmark with the prince and work as a poor potter. Will the fairytale have a happy ending?
ジェレミット、キャサリン、メイス、シンデルの親子は母星を離れ宇宙船で飛行中、エンドアという星に不時着。そのうえジェレミットとキャサリンは森でゴラックスという怪物に捕らえられてしまう。あとには幼い兄妹メイスとシンデルが残されるが、幸いエンドアの住人であるイウォークに救われ命拾い。心優しく聡明なイウォークたちは2人に食料や薬を与え、両親がゴラックスに捕らえられた事実まで探り出す。両親の危機を知り、何としても救いに行きたいメイスとシンデル。イウォークたちもその熱意に打たれ危険を承知で同行を決意する。
「ブレイド2」「ヘルボーイ」のギレルモ・デル・トロ監督が「デビルズ・バックボーン」に続いて再びスペイン内戦を背景に描く哀切のダーク・ファンタジー。再婚した母に連れられ、山中でレジスタンス掃討の指揮をとる冷酷な義父のもとへとやって来た空想好きの少女は、やがて残酷な現実世界から逃避し森の中の不思議な迷宮へと迷い込んでいくが…。イマジネーションあふれるヴィジュアルと深いテーマ性が高く評価され、いわゆるジャンル映画でありながら数々の映画賞を席巻する活躍で大きな注目を集めた話題作。
1944年のスペイン。内戦終結後もフランコ政権の圧政に反発する人々がゲリラ闘争を繰り広げる山間部。内戦で父を亡くした少女オフェリアは、臨月の母カルメンと共にこの山奥へとやって来る。この地でゲリラの鎮圧にあたるビダル将軍と母が再婚したのだった。冷酷で残忍な義父に恐怖と憎しみを募らせるオフェリア。その夜、彼女は昆虫の姿をした不思議な妖精に導かれ、謎めいた迷宮へと足を踏み入れる。そこでオフェリアを出迎えたパン<牧神>は、彼女が地底の魔法の国のプリンセスの生まれ変わりで、満月の夜までに3つの試練を乗り越えれば、魔法の国に帰ることが出来ると告げる。オフェリアはその言葉を信じて、与えられた3つの試練に立ち向かう決意を固めるのだったが…。
ピーター・バニングは40歳の企業付弁護士。妻モイラ、11歳のジャック、7歳のマギーという家族がいるが家族は仕事詰めなピーターに不満を感じている。行くと約束していた少年野球の応援もすっぽかし親子の絆はガタガタ。クリスマス休暇でバニング一家はモイラの祖母を訪ねロンドンに行く。一家はウェンディの邸宅でしばらく過ごしていたある夜、大人たちがパーティから帰ると子供たちの姿は消えドアにはジェームズ・フックからの脅迫文があった。何が起こったか見当もつかないピーターに、ウェンディが真実を告げる。ティンクが現れネバーランドに連れて行かれたピーターは子供たちを助けるために過去を思い出していく。
前作『リトル・マーメイド』で結ばれたトリトンの末姫である元人魚―アリエルと海辺の王国の王子―エリックの間に、陸と海を繋ぐ子供―メロディが誕生した。メロディの誕生に沸き立つ中、アースラの妹―モルガナが現れ、自身が姉の代わりに海の支配者になると宣言して消えてしまう。それから12年、その身を案じられて海の世界に関する全てを秘されて育ったメロディは、母のアリエルが陸の世界に憧れた様に、海の世界に憧れていた。
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