Sanshodhan (1996)
The Amendment
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 2時間 45分
演出 : Govind Nihalani
シノプシス
The amendment in the law, making it compulsory for one-third of the Gram Panchayat representatives to be women, is not received favourably by the ruling Sarpanch of the village, Thakur Ratan Singh. Although he puts up a front of being in favour of the idea, along with his son Inder Singh, he conspires to field wives of friends, whom he hopes he can control through their husbands and through the caste network. Vidya, wife of Bhanwar Singh who is indebted to the Thakur, is one of the newly elected women Panchayat members. Vidya, who is educated, notices that the political empowerment of women is only on paper and in reality decision-making still continues to be with the manipulative old guard. Vidya decides it is time for a change.
どこか疲れた様子の夫婦。互いを気遣う素振りは見せるが、なぜか2人の間に会話はない・・・。セリフはまったくない１３分の物語の中で、深い愛情とともにアメリカ社会が抱えた問題をも表現した秀作。
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敗戦から十数年。占領軍統治下の混迷を抜け、国際社会への復帰をめざし高度経済成長を続けるもう一つの日本。しかしスラム化した首都での凶悪犯罪が激増。武装する反政府勢力により首都圏治安警察機構との武力衝突が相次いだ。治安の番人として強化服と重火器で完全武装する、“ケルベロス”というその精鋭集団は、ゲリラを徹底的に排除してゆくのだった。
カナダのモントリオールで国語の教師をしているロランスは、ある日、恋人のフレッドに対して女性になりたいと打ち明ける。ロランスの告白にフレッドは激高するも、一番の理解者になることを決める。迷いや戸惑い、周囲の反対を乗り越えて、社会の偏見に遭いながらも二人の人生を歩もうとする。＜女性になりたいと思い続けた主人公が偏見に遭いながらも願望をかなえ、恋人である女性と過ごす葛藤と愛の日々を描く人間ドラマ。カナダを舞台に、女性として生き始めた男とそのガールフレンドの10年に及ぶ波乱に満ちた歳月を映し出す。監督は、23歳という若さで本作を発表したカナダ人監督グザヴィエ・ドラン。メルヴィル・プポーが主演を務めるほか、ナタリー・バイが出演。鮮やかな色彩の映像と共に、切なくも強く生きるカップルの姿に魅了される。＞
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