Tall Headlines (1952)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 40分
演出 : Terence Young
シノプシス
A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.
Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.
「ミュンヘン」「NY心霊捜査官」のエリック・バナの主演で、ジェイン・ハーパーのベストセラー小説を映画化したクライムサスペンス。干ばつにあえぐ閉鎖的な田舎町で起こった、現在と過去の2つの殺人事件を通し、オーストラリアの社会が直面する問題をリアルに描いた。 メルボルンの連邦警察官アーロン・フォークは旧友ルークの葬儀に参列するため、20年ぶりに故郷の小さな町に帰ってきた。ルークは、自身の妻子を殺した後に自らも命を絶ったのだ。町は長らく雨が降らずに干ばつに襲われており、ルークが事件を起こした背景にもそうした土地の事情があり、いわばルークも犠牲者だと思われていた。しかし、町にとどまって捜査を行うフォークは、未解決事件となっている過去の事件とも向き合うことになり、数十年も隔てた2つの事件がつながっているのではないかと疑い始める。 原作にほれ込んだバナが自らプロデューサーも務め、本作で約13年ぶりに母国オーストラリアの映画に主演した。
In Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live isolated in a big mansion located on the hill overlooking the town, tormented by the memories of a family tragedy occurred six years ago. The arrival of cousin Charles will threaten the fragile equilibrium of their minds, haunted by madness, fear and superstition.
愛する妻と幼い息子と幸せな毎日を送っていた刑事のアンドレアスは、通報を受けて同僚のシモンと共に現場に掛け付けた一室で、薬物依存のカップルと目を覆うような育児放棄の現場を目の当たりにする。夫婦でわが子をいつくしむ日々は愛に満ちていたが、ある日思いがけない悲劇に見舞われ、アンドレアスの中の善悪の価値観が揺らいでいき……。<スサンネ・ビア監督とアナス・トマス・イェンセン脚本によるサスペンス。妻子と幸せな日々を過ごしていたが、突如思いも寄らぬ悲劇に見舞われた刑事の葛藤を、育児放棄や家庭内暴力など現代社会が抱える問題を取り上げながらスリリングに描く。>
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