Mr. Sardine (1994)
ジャンル : 謎, 犯罪
上映時間 : 1時間 45分
演出 : Derek Chiu
脚本 : Lam Kee-To, John Chan Kin-Chung, Chan Ka-Cheong
シノプシス
Derek Chiu Sung-kei directs this low-budget yarn about a mild-mannered grocery store clerk named Sardine (Dayo Wong Chi-wah) who lives a highly ordered life in an apartment filled with canned goods. His equilibrium is smashed when his landlady evicts him to make way for her daughter Anna (Irene Wan Pik-ha) to move in. When the middle-aged woman keels over from a bad combination of Panadol and liquor, Sardine believes that he is responsible for her death and tries to hide the body. Trouble ensues when Anna finds the corpse in Sardine's apartment while Sardine contends with a devious fellow employee who tries to get him canned from the supermarket.
『ブルーノ』などのお騒がせ男サシャ・バロン・コーエンが、世界一危険な独裁者を熱演する痛快爆笑ムービー。それまで欲望のままに生きてきた暴君が、ひょんなことからニューヨークに渡り、生まれて初めて庶民の世界を垣間見る様子をブラックな笑いと共に描き出す。将軍の右腕を、『ガンジー』などの名優ベン・キングズレーが好演。観る者を爆笑の渦に巻き込みつつ、時代背景を反映した痛烈な社会批判も込めた力作に脱帽する。
アイオワ州エンドーラ。生まれてから24年、この退屈な町を出たことがない青年ギルバートは、知的障害を持つ弟アーニー、過食症を病む250kgの母親、2人の姉妹の面倒を見ている。毎日を生きるだけで精一杯のギルバートの前に、ある日トレーラー・ハウスで祖母と旅を続ける少女ベッキーが現れる。ベッキーの出現によりギルバートの疲弊した心にも少しずつ変化が起こっていく。
スーパーマーケット「ショップウェル」で、ソーセージのフランクは恋人であるパンのブレンダと結ばれホットドッグになることを夢見るなど、食材たちは人間に買われることを望んでいた。ある日、ついに一緒にカートに入れられ喜ぶフランクとブレンダだったが、アクシデントが発生し店に取り残されてしまう。
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テロ事件から世界を守ったシークレットサービスのマイク・バニングは、過酷な職務のため満身創痍で、引退を考え始めていた。ある日、休暇中のトランブル大統領が大量のドローン爆弾に襲撃される。攻撃の最中意識を失ったマイクは、目を覚ますと大統領暗殺を企てた容疑者としてFBIに拘束されていた。
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