The Navigators (2001)

スコットランド、エディンバラ。大金を持ち逃げし20年ぶりにオランダからこの地に戻ってきたマーク・レントン(ユアン・マクレガー)。表向きはパブを経営しながら、売春、ゆすりを稼業とするシック・ボーイ(ジョニー・リー・ミラー)。家族に愛想を尽かされ、孤独に絶望しているスパッド(ユエン・ブレムナー)。刑務所に服役中のベグビー(ロバート・カーライル)。想像通り？モノ分かりの良い大人になれずに荒んだ人生を疾走する彼らの再会、そして彼らが選ぶ未来とは──。

This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in broad daylight. Hermógenes, a farmhand from northern Argentina, relocates to Buenos Aires in search of a better life for himself and his young wife, but soon finds himself at the mercy of a corrupt boss. The film is based on a thorough investigation of a real event that happened in Buenos Aires 10 years ago. Almost every scene in the film is inspired by real facts or based on well documented daily practices of the “meat business” and its environment. Both a shocking exposé of unscrupulous practices in the meat industry and a heart-wrenching personal story, El Patrón became one of the most successful Argentine films of 2014.

ドラッグ中毒のマークと悪友たちは常にハイ状態か、あるいはドラッグを手に入れるため盗みに精を出しているというていたらく。ある日、マークはこのままではいけないと更生するためにロンドンに行き職に就く。ところが、彼らの仲間が会社に押し掛けたことが原因で、マークはクビになってしまう。

1981年、犯罪が多発する大都会ゴッサムシティ。ピエロの仕事をしているアーサーは貧しく、老いた母親ペニーと暮らす上、突然笑いだしてしまうという心の病に悩むが、TV界の人気司会者フランクリンを憧れの対象にして日々耐え忍んでいた。ある日、失業したアーサーは地下鉄で、女性客に嫌がらせをしていた男性3人組を偶然持っていた拳銃で皆殺しにしてしまう。以後アーサーは、自身の心にあった怒りを解放させていく。

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。

イギリス北東部ニューカッスルで大工として働く59歳のダニエル・ブレイクは、心臓の病を患い医者から仕事を止められる。国の援助を受けようとするが、複雑な制度が立ちふさがり必要な援助を受けることが出来ない。悪戦苦闘するダニエルだったが、シングルマザーのケイティと二人の子供の家族を助けたことから、交流が生まれる。貧しいなかでも、寄り添い合い絆を深めていくダニエルとケイティたち。しかし、厳しい現実が彼らを次第に追いつめていく。

In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.

Film from Andrew Morgan. The True Cost is a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet.

The absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the “Chinese Dream.” Driven by mesmerizing—and sometimes humorous—imagery, this observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.

逆境の中にあってもたくましく生きていく女性の姿を、「イゴールの約束」のダルデンヌ兄弟が描いた作品。キャンプ場のトレーラーハウスで酒浸りの母と暮らす少女ロゼッタ。ある日、彼女は理由もなく職場をクビになってしまう。ロゼッタは厳しい社会の現実にぶつかりながらも必死で新しい仕事を探しつづけるのだが……。99年のカンヌ映画祭でパルムドールと主演女優賞を受賞。

Purl, an earnest ball of yarn, gets a job at a fast-paced, male-centered startup company. Things start to unravel as Purl tries to fit in with this tight-knit group, but she must ask herself how far is she willing to go to get the acceptance she yearns for and if, in the end, it is worth it.

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

Three people who have lost everything, a soldier tired of fighting, a young woman and a little girl, pose as a family to escape the civil war in Sri Lanka. They emigrate to France and settle in a chaotic neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris, where apparently the law no longer exists; but they, who barely know each other, struggle to survive there, even when the ghosts of war begin to haunt them again.

At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?

At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.

「息子のまなざし」「ある子供」のダルデンヌ兄弟が、国籍を取得するため偽装結婚をした移民女性を主人公に描く感動のヒューマン・ラブストーリー。偽りの結婚生活の中で思いがけず情が移り始めたことで生まれる葛藤と断ち切れない闇社会との関係に追いつめられていくさまを大胆な構成でサスペンスフルに描き出していく。主演は新星アルタ・ドブロシ、共演に「ある子供」のジェレミー・レニエ。 　アルバニアからベルギーにやって来た女性、ロルナ。同郷の恋人とこの地でバーを開くことを夢見る彼女は、この国の国籍を取得するため闇のブローカー、ファビオの手引きで麻薬中毒の青年クローディと偽装結婚をする。最初は疎ましく思いながらも、自分を慕い懸命に麻薬から足を洗おうと苦しむクローディの姿に、いつしか特別な感情が芽生え始めるロルナだったが…。

Angie is a working class woman. After being fired, she decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend, Rose. Taking advantage of the desperation of immigrants, Angie builds a successful business extremely quickly.

The story of a young mother with a failed marriage behind her, who fights daily for her dream to open a hair salon, challenging her fate in an effort to free herself and gain independence and right to happiness.

Claudio is a construction worker living in the outskirts of Rome. He's happily married and his wife is pregnant with their third child. However, a dramatic event comes to upset this simple and happy life.

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.