Porcelain Horse (2012)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 40分
演出 : Javier Andrade
シノプシス
Paco Chavez's life is careless and charming. It's a life of illicit drugs and a forbidden love affair he carries with Lucia, his former high school sweetheart, now married to another man. One night, Paco and his younger brother Luis, enter their parent's home to steal a porcelain horse to pawn in order to score more drugs. Their father catches them and a fight ensues. The consequences of that fight will haunt both brothers forever.
Three old high school friends meet in a Michigan motel room to dissect painful memories from their past.
スコットランド、エディンバラ。大金を持ち逃げし20年ぶりにオランダからこの地に戻ってきたマーク・レントン(ユアン・マクレガー)。表向きはパブを経営しながら、売春、ゆすりを稼業とするシック・ボーイ(ジョニー・リー・ミラー)。家族に愛想を尽かされ、孤独に絶望しているスパッド(ユエン・ブレムナー)。刑務所に服役中のベグビー(ロバート・カーライル)。想像通り?モノ分かりの良い大人になれずに荒んだ人生を疾走する彼らの再会、そして彼らが選ぶ未来とは──。
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相棒と女房に裏切られ、背中から銃で撃たれた男――ポーター。飲んだくれのヤブ医者の治療により瀕死の状態からどうにか蘇った。5か月の治療で背中の傷は癒えたが、心の傷は一向に癒える気配がない。それを癒す術は、裏切った相棒と女房への復讐、そして奪われた7万ドルを取り戻すことだけだった。
ポーターは怒りを胸に秘め街を徘徊し、非合法な手段で瞬く間に小金と銃を手に入れる。彼はただ、本来自分の取り分だったはずの7万ドルを取り返したいだけだ。しかし、復讐のためには手段を選ばないポーターの常軌を逸した行動は、様々な人間の思惑を巻き込み、事態を最悪の方向へ加速させていくのであった。
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ドラッグ中毒のマークと悪友たちは常にハイ状態か、あるいはドラッグを手に入れるため盗みに精を出しているというていたらく。ある日、マークはこのままではいけないと更生するためにロンドンに行き職に就く。ところが、彼らの仲間が会社に押し掛けたことが原因で、マークはクビになってしまう。
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ベン・アフレックの長編監督デビュー作は、弟ケイシー・アフレックを主演に迎えたサスペンス・アクションだ。小さな町で少女誘拐事件が発生。捜索を依頼された私立探偵は、やがて衝撃の真実に気付くが……。
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