Knocks at My Door (1994)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 46分
演出 : Alejandro Saderman
シノプシス
A fugitive bursts into the home of two Catholic nuns. In an attempt to save his life, they hide him from the marauding military patrols, despite the danger they face if they are caught.
とある殺人現場を目撃したために、組織に命を狙われるようになったクラブ歌手が、裁判の日まで修道院でかくまわれるハメに。しかし、元々下町で下品に育った彼女がそんなに神聖にできるはずもなく、やがて、聖歌隊をゴスペル風に改造し……。
ウーピー・ゴールドバーグ主演でヒットした『天使にラブソングを…』の続編となるミュージカル・コメディ。前作の1年後、ラスベガスで忙しい毎日を過ごすデロリスは、かつての仲間から聖キャサリン修道院のピンチを知らされる。
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.
1952年のルーマニアの修道院でひとりのシスターが自らの命を絶つ。不可解な点の多い自殺に教会はバーク神父と見習いシスターのアイリーンを修道院へと派遣する。二人はこの事件を追うにつれ、修道院に隠された秘密とともにいまだかつてない恐怖“悪魔のシスター・ヴァラク”と対峙することになる。果たして、この修道院に隠された想像を超える秘密とは?そして悪魔のシスターの目的とは一体何なのか!?
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1964年、アイルランド、ダブリン。マグダレン修道院に、時を同じくして3人の少女が収容される。孤児バーナデットはその美しさで周囲の少年たちの目を惹きつけてしまうことが、マーガレットは従兄弟にレイプされたことが、そしてローズは未婚のまま赤ん坊を産んだことがそれぞれ“罪”とされたのだった。彼女たちは、修道院を管理する修道女たちに性悪女と決めつけられ、祈りと労働によって神に奉仕し“罪”を悔い改めるよう言われるのだった。しかしそこで彼女たちを待っていたのは、過酷な労働と自由の一切ない刑務所以上に非人間的な環境だった。
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