On the Way to School (2008)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 21分
演出 : Orhan Eskikoy, Ozgur Dogan
シノプシス
One year in the life of a Turkish teacher, teaching the Turkish language to Kurdish children in a remote village in Turkey. The children can't speak Turkish, the teacher can't speak Kurdish and is forced to become an exile in his own country. On the Way to School is a film about a Turkish teacher who is alone in a village as an authority of the state, and about his interaction with the Kurdish children who have to learn Turkish. The film witnesses the communication problem emphasizing the loneliness of a teacher in a different community and culture; and the changes brought up by his presence into this different community during one year. The film chronicles one school year, starting from September 2007 until the departure of the teacher for summer holiday in June 2008. During this period, they begin to know and understand each other mutually and slowly.
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
筒井康隆の小説『時をかける少女』が原作であるが、原作の物語の映画化ではなく、原作の出来事から約20年後を舞台に次世代の登場人物が繰り広げる物語を描く続編である。
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
東日本大震災で心に傷を負った福島県いわき市の女子高生・佐智は、友人や家族とどこか距離を置きながら、人にも恋にも無関心に生きてきた。幼い頃からバイオリンを続け、高校でも音楽部に所属する彼女は、文化祭で四重奏を披露するため日々練習に励んでいる。一方、震災で実家が帰宅困難地域となり、いわき市に避難してきた男子高校生・祐介は、当たり前の景色が失われてしまう現実に直面し、“美しい今”を絵画として残すべく描き始める。展覧会に出品する夕景画を描くため田園風景を訪れた彼は、そこで出会った佐智と惹かれ合っていく。
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周囲になじめない少女の唯一の楽しみは、猫に変身して好きな人に会いにいくこと。でもそんな毎日を続けるうちに、猫と人間の境界が次第にあいまいになり始め...。
『メリーに首ったけ』『ベガスの恋に勝つルール』などラブコメの女王キャメロン・ディアス主演による恋愛コメディー。玉のこしに乗ることに執念を燃やす女教師が、金持ちの息子だとうわさされる同僚の心をつかもうと暴走する姿をハイテンションなタッチで活写する。教育に対する理念や思想はゼロで、頭の中は金目当ての結婚のことばかりというトンデモ教師をキャメロンが怪演。彼女に狙われる純情な青年教師にふんした『TIME/タイム』のジャスティン・ティンバーレイクの好演も見もの。
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戦後変わりつつある家族の関係をテーマに人間の生と死までをも見つめた深淵なドラマ。故郷の尾道から20年ぶりに東京へ出てきた老夫婦。成人した子どもたちの家を訪ねるが、みなそれぞれの生活に精一杯だった。唯一、戦死した次男の未亡人だけが皮肉にも優しい心遣いを示すのだった……。
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高校二年生の梓川咲太（声：石川界人）は、空と海が輝く街・藤沢に暮らし、先輩であり恋人でもある桜島麻衣（声：瀬戸麻沙美）と心躍るような日々を過ごしている。しかしそんな日常が初恋の相手・牧ノ原翔子（声：水瀬いのり）の出現により一変。何故か中学生の翔子と大人の翔子との二人が存在しており、咲太はやむなく翔子と一緒に住むことになるが、大人翔子に翻弄され麻衣との関係がぎくしゃくしだす。そんな中、中学生翔子が重い病気にかかっていることが判明。咲太の傷跡が疼きはじめる。
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