The Sultan of the Medina (1993)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 35分
演出 : Moncef Dhouib
シノプシス
A community of people rejected by society live in an abandoned residence located in a "Medina": an old town in Tunisia. Al Bab, a local criminal running the residence's prostitution circle, returns from prison on his wedding day.
Fraj, his brother and the town warlock, falls in love with Ramla, his brother's future wife: He is the only man of the residence who has seen her face, as she is kept prisoner in one of the rooms until the wedding night.
Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?
1630年、ニューイングランド。敬虔なキリスト教徒のウィリアムとキャサリンの夫婦と5人の子供たちは敬虔なキリスト教にのっとった生活を送るため、村はずれにある森の近くの荒地に引っ越してきた。しかしある日、5人の子供の1人赤ん坊のサムが何者かに連れ去られ、行方不明となってしまう。家族が悲しみに沈む中、ウィリアムは美しく成長した娘のトマシンが魔女ではないかとの疑いを抱く。それをきっかけにやがて一家全員が疑心暗鬼になり、次第に狂気の淵に沈んでいく。<魔女をテーマにしたホラー映画。24の映画祭に招待されていずれも絶賛を浴び、第31回サンダンス映画祭で監督賞を受賞したのを始め、数々の賞を受賞するなど高い評価を受けた。ロバート・エガースの初監督映画>
French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegui, who has been charged by the king with ridding the country of the devil's wiles, arrests Ana and her friends and accuses them of witchcraft.
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。
中年男に体を売って生活するマイクは、緊張すると昏睡状態に陥るナルコレプシー病を持つ。一方スコットは良家のボンボンながら、家出をしていた。そんな二人がマイクの母親探しの旅に出る。
中東の貧民窟に生まれ、両親が出生届を出さなかったせいで法的に存在すらしていない少年。過酷で理不尽な状況に怒り、12歳の彼が両親を告訴するが……。中東の貧困と移民の問題を真正面からとらえた人間ドラマ。
アメリカからドイツのバレエ学校に留学してきたスージー。到着早々、彼女の周囲で奇妙な事件が次々と発生する。天井から落ちてくるうじ虫。盲導犬に噛み殺される盲目のピアニスト。学校に隠された秘密とはいったい何なのか。
森に置き去りにされたヘンゼルとグレーテルがお菓子の家の魔女を退治してから15年。大人になった兄妹は魔女ハンターとして有名になっていた。そんなある日、子供の失踪が続く村から事件の解決を依頼された2人は、村へと出向き調査を開始する。しかし2人を待っていたのは、村にある深い森に巣くう黒の大魔女ミュリエルだった-
1994年10月、モンゴメリー大学映画学科に所属する3人の大学生がドキュメンタリー映画製作のためにメリーランド州ブラック・ヒルズの森に分け入った。その土地に今なお残る伝説の魔女“ブレア・ウィッチ”をテーマにしていたのだ。だが3人はそのまま消息を絶つ。手掛かりが発見されないままやがて捜索は打ち切られた。しかし事件から1年後、彼らが撮影したものと思われるフィルムとビデオが森の中で発見される……。
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作家のチャールズ・ディケンズは執筆した小説が売れずに 出版社から契約を打ち切られる。彼は自費出版で作家を続けようと決意し、クリスマス・イヴを舞台に過去・現在・未来を旅する奇想天外な小説「クリスマス・キャロル」の執筆にとりかかる。
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都会の片隅の今にも壊れそうなボロ家でひっそりと暮らす、治と妻の信代、息子の祥太、治の老母・初枝、そして信代の妹・亜紀の奇妙な5人家族。彼らは、家族ぐるみで店で万引きを働いたり、初枝が定期的にもらう年金を頼りに、どうにか毎日を送っていた。ある冬の晩、近所の団地の外で震える幼い女の子ゆりを見るに見かねた治が、彼女を家に連れ帰り、家族に新しい仲間が加わる。そんな彼ら一家は、実はある秘密を抱えていた。
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