My Frivolous Friend (1975)
ジャンル : コメディ, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 27分
演出 : Jānis Streičs
シノプシス
Arvīds Lasmanis can't hold any job for long because he is not ready to tolerate deceit and slapdash work. He still has to feed his family, buy chance he finds a well-paid job as a gravedigger. A friend helps Arvīds to find a place in a construction team, but other workers don't approve of Arvīds' high principles. His wife accuses him of not knowing how to make money, the family lives crammed in one room of a shared flat. The Soviet absurd comedy tells a story about a man who, while at odds with the system, won't lose his conscience and his true self, even if it means saying no to wealth and comfort.
出版代理人のジャックは、得意の嘘と話術で多くの仕事を成功に導いてきた。だが、自分のためならどんな嘘でも平気でついてしまうようになっていた。そんなある日、彼は人気のスピリチュアル指導者のシンジャと知り合う。すると、自宅の庭に謎の巨木が突如現れる。しかも、不思議なことにこの巨木は、ジャックが一言発する度に葉を一枚ずつ散らしていく。シンジャはこの巨木の葉が全て散った時、ジャックの命も失われてしまうと彼に告げる。これを聞いて、ジャックは言葉を発することをやめるが、当然上手くはいかず、葉はどんどん散っていく。遂にはジャックの態度に怒った妻が子供を連れて出て行き、更には職までも失う。この事態に、一時は自暴自棄になったジャックだったが、シンジャの言葉をきっかけに、嘘の言葉で満ちた自分の人生を見つめ直していく。そして、残されたわずかな言葉で、妻や老いた母など周りの人々に想いを伝える。最後にジャックは、幼い時に家族を捨てて出て行った父の墓の前に立ち、父に向って「許す」と告げる。この言葉で全ての葉が落ち、ジャックは苦しんで倒れる。そこに事情を知るジャックの部下アーロンから電話がかかって来る。アーロンは、全ての葉が散って死を迎えるだけと思われた巨木が生き返り、葉を付けただけでなく、花まで咲いていることを伝える。ジャックは助かったのである。 生まれ変わったジャックは今回の経験をもとに「1000の言葉(A Thousand Words)」という本を著す。代理人はかつての部下アーロンである。そしてジャックは、妻が望んでいた子育て向きの家を購入し、妻子と再出発する。
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