Approaching the Elephant (2015)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 28分
演出 : Amanda Wilder
シノプシス
APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT is a feature-length documentary about The Teddy McArdle Free School, where classes are optional and rules are made by democratic vote. Summerhill, founded 90 years ago by A. S. Neill, was the first free school - now there are more than 200 worldwide. Approaching the Elephant chronicles a free school in the making - spanning two years, from Teddy McArdle's first day when there were no rules or classes, through the changing of the school's director and the expulsion of a student by democratic vote, to the last day of the second year, APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT is an intimate portrait of a small group of people from a range of educational backgrounds, come together to forge a place where children are treated as equals, at liberty to spend their days however they please.
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
クリスマスに恋人ハーパーの実家に招待され、そこで彼女にプロポーズするつもりでいたアビー。だが実はハーパーは家族にカミングアウトしておらず、2人の関係も隠していることが判明し...。
女子高生のジュリーとカイラ、そしてサムの仲良し3人組は、卒業パーティーのプロムが開催される夜にヴァージンを捨てようと計画する。そんな娘たちの計画を知ってしまった親たち、ジュリーのお母さんリサと、カイラのお父さんミッチェル、そしてサムのお父さんであるハンターの3人組が一致団結、娘たちの処女喪失を阻止し貞操を守るため奮闘する。
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On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
1952年の歳末、NYの高級百貨店でアルバイトをするテレーズは、クリスマスプレゼントを探しに店を訪れた優雅で上品な人妻キャロルと出会い、彼女に魅せられる。店に置き忘れた手袋をキャロルに送り届けたことから、彼女の知己を得たテレーズは、キャロルが夫ハージとの愛のない結婚生活に疲れ果て、いまや離婚協議中であること、そして娘の親権を彼に奪われそうになって苦しんでいることを知る。2人の距離は次第に縮まる。
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Alice, a young innocent Catholic girl, is tempted into masturbating after an AOL chat suddenly turns sexual, however is conflicted as the act would be considered a sin.
マイアミの貧困地域で、麻薬を常習している母親ポーラと暮らす少年シャロン。学校ではチビと呼ばれていじめられ、母親からは育児放棄されている彼は、何かと面倒を見てくれる麻薬ディーラーのホアンとその妻、唯一の友人のケビンだけが心の支えだった。そんな中、シャロンは同性のケビンを好きになる。そのことを誰にも言わなかった。
19-year old Belle practices playing the violin diligently, but is unable to impart her music with a sensitive undertone. Her life changes when she discovers that sexual desire stimulates passion in her music.
ニューヨーク。現在17歳のダフネは、自由で愛を尊重する母リビーと2人暮らし。彼女は今まで明るく幸せな生活を送ってきたが、ただ1つ満たされない気持ちをずっと抱えている。それは、まだダフネが生まれる前に母と別れてしまった実の父親に会いたい、という切実な想いだった。彼の家族が上流階級に属しているせいで離ればなれになった父は今、ロンドンにいる。ある時、ダフネはとうとう意を決し、父のもとへ旅立った。そして、今では爵位を持ち、政治家として活躍する父ヘンリーと念願の対面を果たすダフネだったが…。
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ジェニーは保護された環境で育ったにもかかわらず、頭脳明晰で可愛く、オックスフォード大学への進学を希望している、将来有望なティーンである。そんなジェニーの前に、魅力的だが年上の求婚者デイビッドがピカピカの車で現れ、ジェニーは忘れられない大人の生活を体験することになる。
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