Ascent (2016)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 20分
演出 : Fiona Tan
シノプシス
Through a grey blanket of clouds, we barely discern the contours of Mount Fuji, a volcano with many faces. 4,500 exceptional and diverse photographs from the past 150 years form the basis for Ascent. Made entirely with stills, it is a filmic experiment balancing between documentary and fiction, photography and film, where an English woman and her deceased Japanese partner, Hiroshi, lead the way. As Mount Fuji is climbed across geographical, temporal and cultural divides, the narrative unfolds, exploring unexpected paths.
After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including the fact that she wants to kill her lecherous father.
女性同士カップル、ニックとジュールスは、同じ精子提供を受けて出産した子供たちと暮らしている。10代となった子供たちは会ったことのない父親に興味を持ち……。アネット・ベニング主演のユニークな人間ドラマ。
A young female intern at a small magazine company becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both of whom seek to exploit each other for their respective careers, while slowly falling in love with each other.
クリスマスに恋人ハーパーの実家に招待され、そこで彼女にプロポーズするつもりでいたアビー。だが実はハーパーは家族にカミングアウトしておらず、2人の関係も隠していることが判明し...。
小さな田舎町で暮らす少女アナは、幼い頃から重い消化器疾患を患い入退院を繰り返していた。母クリスティは遠方の大病院へ診察を頼み、やっとのことでアナは入院するも、治療の方法がなく自宅に戻る。一方、二人が留守にしていた間、夫や姉妹との間にも亀裂が生じていた。そんな中、アナが庭の大木から落ちてしまう事故が起こる。幸い一命を取りとめたが、彼女の身にある驚くべき“奇跡”が待ち受けていた。
When her nation is invaded, a young princess is taken into the Princess Protection Program. She is relocated to Louisiana, where she stays with a covert agent and his tomboyish daughter, and must learn how to behave like an ordinary teenager.
シカゴに住む建築家のサムは癌で妻を亡くし一人息子のジョナと共にシアトルに越してきたが、ジョナは、父親のために新しい奥さんが必要だと思いラジオ局の相談番組に電話をする。同じ頃、ボルチモアに住む新聞記者のアニーは、婚約者ウォルターを伴って実家のクリスマス・パーティに出席した帰途に偶然聞いた、そのラジオ番組で、サムが切々と語る亡き妻の思い出にアニーは思わず涙する。
An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
リー・ゲイツが司会を務め、その巧みな話術で株価予想や視聴者への助言を行う高視聴率財テク番組「マネーモンスター」。番組ディレクターのパティの指示を聞かず、アドリブ全開でリーが生放送に臨む中、拳銃を手にした男カイルがスタジオに乱入してくる。彼は番組の株式情報によって財産を全て失くしたと憤慨し、リーを人質に番組をジャック。さらに放送中に自分を陥れた株取引のからくりを白日のもとにさらすようパティに迫るが……。<<監督としても高い評価を得ているジョディ・フォスターがメガホンを取ったサスペンス。拳銃を手にした男による財テク番組占拠事件の行方と、その裏に隠された驚がくの真実を活写していく。ジョージ・クルーニー、ジュリア・ロバーツ、ジャック・オコンネルらが顔をそろえる。>>
Pennsylvania, 1993. After getting caught with another girl, teenager Cameron Post is sent to a conversion therapy center run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh and her brother, Reverend Rick, whose treatment consists in repenting for feeling “same sex attraction.” Cameron befriends fellow sinners Jane and Adam, thus creating a new family to deal with the surrounding intolerance.
アメリカ西部の原野、ハンターのヒュー・グラスは狩猟の最中に熊の襲撃を受けて瀕死の重傷を負うが、同行していた仲間のジョン・フィッツジェラルドに置き去りにされてしまう。かろうじて死のふちから生還したグラスは、自分を見捨てたフィッツジェラルドにリベンジを果たすべく、大自然の猛威に立ち向かいながらおよそ300キロに及ぶ過酷な道のりを突き進んでいく。
天才ライダーのルークは移動遊園地でバイクショーを行う刹那的な日々を送っていたある日、元恋人ロミーナと再会。彼女がルークとの子どもを内緒で生んでいたことを知ると、二人の生活のためにバイクテクニックを生かして銀行強盗をするようになる。ある日銀行を襲撃したルークは逃走する際、昇進を目指す野心的な新米警官エイヴリーに追い込まれるが……。
夫を悲惨な事故で失ったシングルマザーのアメリアは、一人息子のサミュエルと共に暮らしていた。サミュエルは学校でしばしば暴力的な行動を起こす問題児。言うことを聞かない息子に手を焼き、アメリアは疲れ果てていた。一方、サミュエルは、母親の読み聞かせで眠りにつくのが習慣で、その日はアメリアの知らない一冊の本を取り出し、彼女に読んで欲しいとせがむ。どこか薄気味の悪いその絵本は「ババドック」というキャラクターが登場する不思議な本だった。
At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.
南北戦争の最中。米・マサチューセッツ州に住むマーチ家の四人姉妹は、気丈な母を中心に出征した父のいない家を守っていた。青春の煌きの中で希望に燃え、愛と哀しみを分かち合い、身も心も美しく成長していく姉妹たち。
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
ジェニーは保護された環境で育ったにもかかわらず、頭脳明晰で可愛く、オックスフォード大学への進学を希望している、将来有望なティーンである。そんなジェニーの前に、魅力的だが年上の求婚者デイビッドがピカピカの車で現れ、ジェニーは忘れられない大人の生活を体験することになる。
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1952年の歳末、NYの高級百貨店でアルバイトをするテレーズは、クリスマスプレゼントを探しに店を訪れた優雅で上品な人妻キャロルと出会い、彼女に魅せられる。店に置き忘れた手袋をキャロルに送り届けたことから、彼女の知己を得たテレーズは、キャロルが夫ハージとの愛のない結婚生活に疲れ果て、いまや離婚協議中であること、そして娘の親権を彼に奪われそうになって苦しんでいることを知る。2人の距離は次第に縮まる。
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