The Shaman (1997)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 21分
演出 : Lennart Meri
シノプシス
"Shaman" was filmed on July the 16th, 1977 in the northernmost corner of Eurasia, on the Taymyr Peninsula, at the Avam river, concurrently with the shooting of the documentary "The Winds of the Milky Way". The Nganasan Shaman Demnime (1913-1980) was 64 years old at the time. The documentary about Demnime's incarnation ritual was completed 20 years later. The fifth and final documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Uricarum" series.
徹底した科学トレーニングで作り上げられたソ連最強のボクサー、ドラゴが訪米。そのトレーナーである妻ルドミラは挑発的な発言を繰り返し、刺激を受けた元チャンピオンのアポロはロッキーをセコンドにエキシビションマッチに臨む。だが、恐るべき破壊力を持ったドラゴのパンチを受け、アポロはリング上で絶命してしまう。親友の死を目の当たりにしたロッキーは仇討ちを誓い、タイトルを返上して敵地モスクワへと乗り込む。
巨大な球体型宇宙船が、突如地球に降り立つ。世界中が不安と混乱に包まれる中、言語学者のルイーズは宇宙船に乗ってきた者たちの言語を解読するよう軍から依頼される。彼らが使う文字を懸命に読み解いていくと、彼女は時間をさかのぼるような不思議な感覚に陥る。やがて言語をめぐるさまざまな謎が解け、彼らが地球を訪れた思いも寄らない理由と、人類に向けられたメッセージが判明する。
希少な最高純度のブルーダイヤモンドの取引のためにロシア・サンクトペテルブルクを訪れた、宝石商のルーカス・ヒル（キアヌ・リーヴス）。ところが、ダイヤを所持していたビジネスパートナーのピョートルとの連絡が途絶え、ルーカスは伝言を便りに彼を追ってシベリアへと飛ぶ。親密になった現地のカフェの女主人カティアを巻き込み、苦労の末にダイヤを見つけ出すが、それは巧妙に作られた偽物だった。期日が近づき、取引相手のロシアンマフィアの手が迫るなか、果たしてルーカスは一世一代の取引を成功させることはできるのか…！？©2018 MARS TOWN FILM LIMITED
家族を不慮の事故で失ったダニーは、大学で民俗学を研究する恋人や友人と共にスウェーデンの奥地で開かれる”90年に一度の祝祭”を訪れる。美しい花々が咲き乱れ、太陽が沈まないその村は、優しい住人が陽気に歌い踊る楽園のように思えた。しかし、次第に不穏な空気が漂い始め、ダニーの心はかき乱されていく。妄想、トラウマ、不安、恐怖……それは想像を絶する悪夢の始まりだった。
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言語学が専門のヒギンズ教授は、同好の士であるピカリング大佐と言葉遣いについて議論した末に、ロンドンのきつい下町なまりで花を売り歩く娘イライザを、自分なら上品なレディに仕立て直してみせると豪語。かくしてその成否をめぐって大佐と賭けをしたヒギンズ教授は、早速イライザを相手に、なまりの矯正や礼儀作法のレッスンを開始。特訓の成果が実り、やがて見事一流のレディに変身した彼女は、社交界の花形となる。
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