Half the World (1993)
ジャンル : サイエンスフィクション, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 23分
演出 : Florian Flicker
シノプシス
The sun blazes down from the sky with destructive power; exposing oneself to its light means death. People have transposed everyday existence to the night. In the metropolis of HALF WORLD a culture based on various languages and lifeforms has grown rampant. Everyone is looking for a way to survive.
近未来。人口の増加と飢饉によって深刻な食糧難となり、世界の国々は厳格な一人っ子政策を行っていた。そんな状況下で、セットマン家の七つ子姉妹は、祖父によって各曜日の名前を付けられ、それぞれ週に1日ずつ外出し、共通の人格を演じることで当局の監視の目を逃れてきた。ある日マンデーが帰宅しなかったことから、姉妹の日常は狂い始める。
A・タルコフスキーの作品は様々な映像の断片がコラージュされたようなものばかりである。この「鏡」もまたそうであり、彼の自伝的要素を持つというが、解るような解らないような……。でもその数々の映像はどれもこれもかっこ良く、戦争の記録フィルムらしきものも出てくる。物語などの存在は忘れてただひたすら映像の中で泳ぐような感覚で、なんとも美しい一本だ。
海と雲に覆われた惑星ソラリスを探索中の宇宙ステーション「プロメテウス」との通信が途切れたことから、心理学者のクリスは調査のために派遣される。 「プロメテウス」に到着したクリスが目にしたのは、友人の自殺死体、いないはずの人物の痕跡、そして知性を持つ有機体である海が及ぼす、不可解な現象の数々であった。
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