Smooth Operator (1995)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 27分
演出 : Kelley Cauthen
シノプシス
Megan Hughes plays Grace Nichols, a businesswoman constantly competing with men to get ahead. Unfortunately, her love life is also suffering. One day, while chomping on a donut, she realizes she's put on a few pounds. She decides to get back in shape, and asks her secretary Angie Li (Candace Kita) if she could recommend a good personal trainer. Angie recommends Brian Lerner (Doug Jeffery), a guy Angie's also been sleeping with for the last few months. Of course, Grace doesn't know that. Grace meets up with Brian, and it's innocent at first. She tosses on the workout clothes, he comes over to help her out with exercising, and goes home. Simple enough, right? However, this is a softcore flick, so you know the sex is coming. Eventually, Grace asks Brian to accompany her to a formal dinner.
A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam.
A police officer confronts his teenage daughter while they are on holiday together after learning she is moonlighting as a prostitute with the help of a friend.
主人公は、貧しさゆえに置屋に売られたひとりの少女。辛く厳しい日々の中で、全ての希望を見失ったとき、立派な身なりをした“会長"と呼ばれる、ひとりの紳士との運命の出会いが訪れる。「もう一度、あの人に会いたい…」儚い願いを胸に、少女は美しく変貌を遂げ、ミステリアスな輝きを放つ瞳と天性の聡明さによって、やがて花街一の芸者“さゆり"となる。そして、ついに芸者として会長と再会することになるが、その先には過酷な運命と激動の時代が待ちうけていた…。
Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on Michael, and seizes this moment to kiss him. Michael is so happy he presents Shirley with a big tip, which gives her an idea. Shirley plans to make extra money by setting up her teenage friends with other unhappy fathers.
A woman falls victim to a dominant mafia boss, who imprisons her and gives her one year to fall in love with him.
In a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people will be turned upside down after they meet Cécile, a character who symbolizes desire.
Desperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute.
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
ニューヨークの夜を走るひとりのタクシードライバーを主人公に、現代都市に潜む狂気と混乱を描き出した、監督マーティン・スコセッシ×主演ロバート・デ・ニーロの、アメリカン・ニューシネマの傑作。ベトナム帰りの青年トラヴィス・ビックルは夜の街をタクシーで流しながら、世界の不浄さに苛立ちを感じていた。大統領候補の選挙事務所に勤めるベッツィと親しくなるトラヴィスだったが、彼女をポルノ映画館に誘ったことで絶交されてしまう。やがて、闇ルートから銃を手に入れたトラヴィスは自己鍛錬を始めるが、そんな彼の胸中にひとつの計画が沸き上がる……。
ニューヨークの開業医ビルとアリスの倦怠期を迎えている夫妻は、ビルの患者で友人のジーグラー夫妻が開いたクリスマス・パーティーに招かれる。このパーティでビルはピアニストであり旧友のニックと再会し、アリスはビルと別れて個別にパーティーを楽しむことにしたが、ビルは女性たちに誘惑され、一方でアリスはハンガリー人の紳士に誘惑される。
A smooth-talking ad executive attributes his remarkable success with women to his ability to manipulate their emotions from the moment he first meets them. When his teenage nephew drops in for a visit, he soon learns that his approach isn't as foolproof as he thought when he attempts to teach the boy how to pick up women.
昭和11年。料亭の女中定は店の主人に心惹かれ、情事を重ねるようになる。その情事が男の妻に知れてしまい、二人は駆け落ちを決行する。快楽におぼれる日々を重ねるうちに定は男を永遠に手放したくないと思うようになり、ついには男を自分だけのものにするため首を絞めて殺害し、さらには男の陰部を切り取ってしまうのだった。
ある男を探してゲイクラブへ押し入る2人組。彼らは男を見つけ出すと凄惨な暴力を加える。発端はあるパーティの夜。マルキュスは会場に残り婚約者アレックスを一人で帰してしまう。その直後、アレックスはレイプに遭い、激しい暴行を受けてしまうのだった。自責の念に駆られるマルキュス。彼は友人でアレックスの元恋人のピエールとともに犯人探しを開始する。やがて、女装ゲイ、ヌネスを探し出した2人は、ヌネスからついにテニアという男の名を聞き出すのだった…。＜邦題はモニカ・ベルッチ演じる主人公の名前。原題は「ひっくり返せない、不可逆、取り返しがつかない」を意味するフランス語で、いくつかの文字が裏返されている。シークエンスは後に起こったものが先にあり、時系列的には最初のシーンがラストに示される。また、エンドロールが冒頭で逆回しされ、クレジットの文字R/E/Nが鏡文字となっている。およそ9分にわたるレイプシーンの描写は評価がわかれた。＞
1986年、フロリダ。ヒッチハイクをしながら売春する毎日に疲れ果てたアイリーンだが、ある少女と運命的に出会う。相手のセルビーは同性愛者で、家族や社会からつまはじきにされ、アイリーン同様、絶望と疎外感を募らせていた。2人は意気投合し、どこかで一緒に暮らそうと決心。やがてアイリーンは売春業を再開するようになるが、ある客に森の奥へ連れ込まれて暴力をふるわれた彼女は反撃した結果、相手を殺してしまう。
Suspecting his wife of infidelity, Jerry is persuaded by his best friend to accompany him to a brothel to sample ‘The Special’, which proves to be a lifechanging experience in more ways than one. Because every pleasure has its price...
Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer is hot on his trail.
3人のバックパッカーは、彼らを待ち受ける地獄の見当もつかず、快楽主義的な期待に応えることを約束するスロバキアの街に向かう。
Caye is a young prostitute whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominican neighbour Zulema, an illegal immigrant, after she finds her in the bathroom, badly beaten up. They strike up a close friendship unbeknownst to Caye's xenophobic co-workers.
Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet. When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a life with Bellocq is compromised for Violet after her mother returns to town.
A Texas cop, whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.
