Familiar Strangers (2008)
ジャンル : コメディ, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 26分
演出 : Zackary Adler
シノプシス
"Familiar Strangers" asks the question. "Is it really possible to relate to ones parents and siblings after being replaced by the family dog? . . . Perhaps as friends - weird friends?" An off beat - funny - heartfelt story of family negotiating the changing relationships between parents and children, especially as those children grow into adulthood.
Chicklet is a sixteen-year old tomboy who's desperate to be part of the in-crowd of Malibu beach surfers. She's the typical American girl - except for one little problem: her personality is split into more slices than a pepperoni pizza.
After getting dumped by his slutty girlfriend, Caleb falls in love with Gwen. However, thanks to Caleb's roommate, Gwen thinks he's gay and sets him up with her roommate, Marc.
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
アメリカで、同性愛者であることをカミングアウトして公職に就いた初めての人物、ハーヴィー・ミルク。波乱万丈の短い人生を送った彼の、最後の8年間に何があったのかを、ガス・ヴァン・サント監督が描き出す。
It's 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home. But as Brent's rise and demands for more money put him at odds with his boss, he also attracts the attention of a rival producer and his unstable lover who will stop at nothing to squash Cobra Video and steal its number one star.
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。
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.
恋愛カウンセラーでありながら、夫ロブ(ラファエル・バーカー)とのセックスでオーガズムを味わったことがないソフィア(リー・スックイン)。ある日、彼女はカウンセリングを受けに来たカップル、ジェイムズ(ポール・ドーソン)とジェイミー(PJ・デボーイ)の紹介で、ブルックリンにあるサロン“ショートバス”に足を踏み入れる。
第2次世界大戦下の1939年イギリス、若き天才数学者アラン・チューリングはドイツ軍の暗号エニグマを解読するチームの一員となる。高慢で不器用な彼は暗号解読をゲーム感覚で捉え、仲間から孤立して作業に没頭していたが、やがて理解者が現れその目的は人命を救うことに変化していく。いつしか一丸となったチームは、思わぬきっかけでエニグマを解き明かす。
Ezequiel, a sixteen-year-old gay teenager in his sexual awakening, meets a boy of twenty-one. They quickly start a relationship and the situation unravels unexpectedly.
好調なうちに裏社会から足を洗おうと決意した名もなき麻薬ディーラー(ダニエル・クレイグ)。ある日、彼は裏社会の大御所エディ(マイケル・ガンボン)の麻薬中毒の娘を捜し出すよう命令される。さらに、あるギャングが手に入れた100万錠のエクスタシーを売りさばくことになった彼は、この2つの仕事を最後に引退しようとするが……。
ロンドンの首都警察に勤めるニコラス・エンジェルは、大学を首席で卒業し、警察学校でもトップの成績を残し、検挙率もトップで幾度もの表彰を受けた頭脳明晰でスポーツ万能なエリート警察官。ところが彼はその余りの有能さゆえ、上司や同僚から迷惑がられ、田舎町サンドフォードに左遷させられてしまう。 ほとんど犯罪など起こらないサンドフォードでニコラスを待っていたのは、呑気でいい加減な仲間たちと共に退屈な仕事に従事するばかりの日々。首都警察の頃と同じ調子で真面目に働く彼は周囲と馴染めず、ここでも浮いた存在になっていく。しかし、この一見平穏な村には、ある恐ろしい秘密があった。
高校生のサイモン(ニック・ロビンソン)は、ゲイであることをカミングアウトするか迷っていた。ある日サイモンは、ブルーと名乗る匿名のゲイが学校にいることを知る。ブルーとメールで連絡を取り合うようになったサイモンだったが、そのメール履歴を見た同級生にサイモンの女友達との恋の橋渡しをしろと脅されてしまう。
In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.
仕事に疲れて一般的な家庭生活が送れない刑事ヴィンセント。冷徹無比の犯罪組織のボス、ニール。追う者と追われる者、虚々実々の駆け引きとせめぎ合い。やがて二人はそれぞれの抱える孤独のうちに、奇妙な共感を覚える。だが彼らには避けては通れない運命の直接対決が待ち受けていた。
フィラデルフィアの一流法律会社に務めるアンドリュー・ベケット(トム・ハンクス)は、ある日突然エイズと宣告され、ウィラー社長(ジェイソン・ロバーズ)に解雇される。不当な差別に怒ったベケットは、損害賠償と地位の保全を求めて訴訟を決意。だが、次々と弁護を断わられた彼は、以前敵同士として渡り合ったやり手の弁護士ジョー・ミラー(デンゼル・ワシントン)を訪ねる。ミラーはエイズに対して、抜きがたい恐怖を感じていた。しかし、世間の冷たい視線に対しても毅然と対処し、熱心に資料を漁るべケットの姿に、ミラーの心は動かされる。ミラーは弁護を引き受け、母のサラ(ジョアン・ウッドワード)をはじめ、ベケットの肉親たちは彼に熱い支援を約束する。解雇から7カ月後、〈自由と兄弟愛の街〉フィラデルフィアで注目の裁判が開廷した。ミラーは解雇が明らかな法律違反だと主張したが、対する会社側の主任弁護士ベリンダ(メアリー・スティーンバージェン)は、彼の弁護士としての不適格性を激しく突く。予断を許さぬ裁断の行方と並行して、ベケットの症状は次第に悪化していく。裁判を優先させて本格的治療を先に延ばそうとする彼に、恋人でライフパートナーのミゲール(アントニオ・バンデラス)は苛立つ。ベケットは恋人のため、自分のためにパーティを開く。遂にベケットは裁判中に倒れ、病院に運ばれた。ミラーは原告側の勝訴の報を、ベッドの上のベケットに告げる。数日後、大勢の人々に見守られながらベケットは静かに息を引き取り、ミラーはかけがいのない友の死を実感した。
それは多くの人々にとって多くのことでした:若者の野心、勇気、慢に満ちたハンサムな戦士王は、小さな軍隊を巨大なペルシャ軍に導きました...息子は必死に厳しい父親の承認を求めて、 戦い、そしてそれに対する彼の忠誠心と彼の母親への愛の間で苦労しました...戦いに決して負けず、彼の兵士を既知の世界の果てまで押し付けた冷酷な征服者...夢、偉業、運命が残された幻想家 歴史上の彼らのマークは、今日の世界を形作るのに役立ちます。 彼はそれ以上でした。 彼はアレキサンダー大王でした。
1963年、ワイオミング州ブロークバック・マウンテン。定職のないイニスとジャックは、羊放牧の職を得て、共にひと夏を過ごすことになる。大自然の中でお互いを助け合ううちに、彼らに深い絆が生まれる。それがごく自然に男同士の関係へと変化していくのに、それほど時間はかからなかった。しかし、保守的な時代、閉鎖的な土地…厳しい社会の現実が2人の関係に影を落とし始める。
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