Toubab Bi (1992)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 36分
演出 : Moussa Touré
シノプシス
Soriba Samb (Oumar Diop Makena) is a Senegalese who has just received a much sought after internship to study filmmaking in Paris. In this story, Soriba heads to Paris, accompanied by the five-year old son of a friend who he believes to be still living in Paris. On arrival he struggles to find the boy’s father. In addition to coping with his new internship, Soriba has to also spend time tracking down the boy’s father ‘Issa’. Soriba eventually finds ‘Issa’ but only to discover that he is running a prostitution ring and actually has no intention of leaving Paris. This is deeply disturbing to Soriba as the fate of the young boy now hangs squarely in the balance. Soriba sets out to change this and invokes the spirits of his ancestors to transform ‘Issa’s’ wayward living so he can care for his son and return to Senegal.
A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam.
Deuce Bigalow goes to Amsterdam after a little accident including two irritating kids and a bunch of aggressive dolphins. There he meets up with his old friend T.J. Hicks. But a mysterious killer starts killing some of Amsterdam's finest gigolos and T.J. is mistaken for the extremely gay murderer. Deuce must enter the gigolo industry again to find the real murderer and clear T.J.'s name.
ある男を探してゲイクラブへ押し入る2人組。彼らは男を見つけ出すと凄惨な暴力を加える。発端はあるパーティの夜。マルキュスは会場に残り婚約者アレックスを一人で帰してしまう。その直後、アレックスはレイプに遭い、激しい暴行を受けてしまうのだった。自責の念に駆られるマルキュス。彼は友人でアレックスの元恋人のピエールとともに犯人探しを開始する。やがて、女装ゲイ、ヌネスを探し出した2人は、ヌネスからついにテニアという男の名を聞き出すのだった…。＜邦題はモニカ・ベルッチ演じる主人公の名前。原題は「ひっくり返せない、不可逆、取り返しがつかない」を意味するフランス語で、いくつかの文字が裏返されている。シークエンスは後に起こったものが先にあり、時系列的には最初のシーンがラストに示される。また、エンドロールが冒頭で逆回しされ、クレジットの文字R/E/Nが鏡文字となっている。およそ9分にわたるレイプシーンの描写は評価がわかれた。＞
Desperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute.
A woman falls victim to a dominant mafia boss, who imprisons her and gives her one year to fall in love with him.
主人公は、貧しさゆえに置屋に売られたひとりの少女。辛く厳しい日々の中で、全ての希望を見失ったとき、立派な身なりをした“会長"と呼ばれる、ひとりの紳士との運命の出会いが訪れる。「もう一度、あの人に会いたい…」儚い願いを胸に、少女は美しく変貌を遂げ、ミステリアスな輝きを放つ瞳と天性の聡明さによって、やがて花街一の芸者“さゆり"となる。そして、ついに芸者として会長と再会することになるが、その先には過酷な運命と激動の時代が待ちうけていた…。
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1986年、フロリダ。ヒッチハイクをしながら売春する毎日に疲れ果てたアイリーンだが、ある少女と運命的に出会う。相手のセルビーは同性愛者で、家族や社会からつまはじきにされ、アイリーン同様、絶望と疎外感を募らせていた。2人は意気投合し、どこかで一緒に暮らそうと決心。やがてアイリーンは売春業を再開するようになるが、ある客に森の奥へ連れ込まれて暴力をふるわれた彼女は反撃した結果、相手を殺してしまう。
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3人のバックパッカーは、彼らを待ち受ける地獄の見当もつかず、快楽主義的な期待に応えることを約束するスロバキアの街に向かう。
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