Shadows (1982)

Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.

アイルランドの小さな町で、厳格な母親、憧れの姉とともに暮らすエイリシュ。町の食料品店で意地悪な女性店主にこき使われ、息苦しい毎日を送っていた彼女は、優しい姉の力添えを得て、単身アメリカのNYへと渡り、新たな生活をスタートすることに。当初は異郷での生活になかなかなじめず、ホームシックを募らせるエイリシュだったが、やがてダンスパーティーで知り合ったトニーという恋人もでき、明るさと元気を取り戻していく。

This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in broad daylight. Hermógenes, a farmhand from northern Argentina, relocates to Buenos Aires in search of a better life for himself and his young wife, but soon finds himself at the mercy of a corrupt boss. The film is based on a thorough investigation of a real event that happened in Buenos Aires 10 years ago. Almost every scene in the film is inspired by real facts or based on well documented daily practices of the “meat business” and its environment. Both a shocking exposé of unscrupulous practices in the meat industry and a heart-wrenching personal story, El Patrón became one of the most successful Argentine films of 2014.

過去に度々事業に失敗、計画性も仕事もないが楽天的な父キム・ギテク。そんな甲斐性なしの夫に強くあたる母チュンスク。大学受験に落ち続け、若さも能力も持て余している息子ギウ。美大を目指すが上手くいかず、予備校に通うお金もない娘ギジョンは、“ 半地下住宅”で 暮らす貧しい4人家族だ。“半地下”の家は、暮らしにくい。窓を開ければ、路上で散布される消毒剤が入ってくる。電波が悪い。Wi-Fiも弱い。水圧が低いからトイレが家の一番高い位置に鎮座している。家族全員、ただただ“普通の暮らし”がしたい。受験経験は豊富だが学歴のないギウは、ある時、エリート大学生の友人から留学中の代打を頼まれる。ギウが向かった先は、IT企業の社長パク・ドンイク一家が暮らす高台の大豪邸だった。

ベルファストで生まれ育ったバディ（ジュード・ヒル）は家族と友達に囲まれ、映画や音楽を楽しみ、充実した毎日を過ごす9歳の少年。たくさんの笑顔と愛に包まれる日常は彼にとって完璧な世界だった。しかし、1969年8月15日、バディの穏やかな世界は突然の暴動により悪夢へと変わってしまう。プロテスタントの暴徒が、街のカトリック住民への攻撃を始めたのだ。住民すべてが顔なじみで、まるで一つの家族のようだったベルファストは、この日を境に分断されていく。暴力と隣り合わせの日々のなか、バディと家族たちは故郷を離れるか否かの決断に迫られる――。

ジャスミンは夫ハルとニューヨークでぜいたくな生活を送っていたが、全てを失い、サンフランシスコに暮らす妹ジンジャーのアパートに身を寄せる。過去のセレブ生活にとらわれ、神経をすり減らしていたジャスミンだったが、ある日お金持ちの男性ドワイトと出会い、自分の身の上について嘘をついてしまう。 ＜＜ウディ・アレン監督がケイト・ブランシェットをヒロインに迎え、サンフランシスコを舞台に転落人生の中でもがき、精神を病んでいく姿を描くドラマ。ニューヨークでセレブ生活を送っていたものの夫も財産も失ったヒロインが妹を頼りにサンフランシスコに引っ越し、再生しようとする過程で、彼女の過去や心の闇を浮き彫りにしていく。実業家である夫をアレック・ボールドウィンが演じるほか、サリー・ホーキンスやピーター・サースガードが共演。＞＞

Down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He's married to Kitty, a dressmaker, a strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters. He is carrying on a torrid affair with a redheaded woman named Tula. Nick is basically a good, hardworking man driven forward by will and blinded by his urges.

Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.

Accio and Manrico are two working-class brothers in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, womanizing, and loved by all, while younger Accio is moody, hotheaded, and lives everything as if it was a war, much to his parents' chagrin. When the former is drawn into left-wing politics, Accio joins the fascists out of spite. His flimsy beliefs are put to test when he meets Manrico's like-minded girlfriend, falling in love with her.

原作者C・ブラウンの実話を映画化した作品。生まれながらの重度の脳性小児麻痺により、左足が少し動かせるだけで、後は植物人間同様の生活を余儀なくされている不遇の主人公が、その絶え間ざる努力の末、やがて言語能力を取り戻し、わずかに動く左足を使い絵を描けるようになるまで成長していく姿を描く。

The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizing—and sometimes humorous—imagery, this observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.

After having a chance encounter with a mysterious character, Wendy, a young working class mother, discovers that she has super powers.

In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.

Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.

19世紀のデンマークの小島を舞台に、スウェーデンからの移民親子の可酷な体験と少年の成長を描く。製作はペア・ホルスト、マーティン・アナセン・ネクセの原作『勝利者ペレ』の〈幼年時代〉を基に、監督・脚本は本作品が日本公開第一作になるビレ・アウグスト、撮影は「マイライフ・アズ・ア・ドッグ」のヨルゲン・ペルソン、音楽はステファン・ニルソンが担当。出演はマックス・フォン・シドー、ペレ・ヴェネゴーほか。88年カンヌ映画祭グランプリ、89年アカデミー賞外国語映画賞受賞作。

Three lives of three young people intersect over the course of one summer. A rich student and a young working-class man accidentally destroy a diner when their impromptu road race takes a disastrous turn. Ordered by a judge to spend the summer repairing the building, they find themselves becoming rivals for the affections of the owner's daughter.

第二次大戦中のアメリカ。ある家族にとって、ラジオは限りない夢を与えてくれる魔法の箱だった……。ユダヤ人少年とその家族、周囲の人々を描いた感動作。監督・脚本はウディ・アレン。

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.