The Tree Feller (2017)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 22分
演出 : Jorunn Myklebust Syversen
シノプシス
Anders moves from the city to a quiet small farm that belonged to his deceased parents and spends his days out in the forest, aimlessly chopping down trees. His only desire is to be out in nature, and to lose himself in the physical work. His attempt to escape is soon interrupted by the constant involvement of his pushy relatives who want to tell him what to do and how to do it. Soon it becomes clear that Anders has just traded in one claustrophobic existence for another.
Jim is an average New Yorker living a peaceful life with a well paying job and a loving family. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes causing Jim to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim snaps and goes to extreme lengths to seek revenge for the life taken from him.
米西海岸北部。母親の遺産である一軒家を相続した若い女性リリアンはシアトルから故郷の田舎町に戻るが、ブラックウェイと呼ばれる謎の男から繰り返し嫌がらせを受ける。保安官に訴えても、町の人々に相談を持ち掛けても、ブラックウェイは危険人物なので町を去れと警告されるばかり。だが老男性レスターとその親戚である若者ネイトだけはリリアンに味方し、3人は誰も居所を知らないブラックウェイを見つけだそうと車で出発する。
North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s – George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving a man’s life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers George’s hidden past and faces an unchangeable fate of her own, the Pemberton’s passionate marriage begins to unravel leading toward a dramatic reckoning.
シアトル市警の刑事コンビ、中年のクリスと若手のビルはFBIの依頼で、刑務所を脱走した凶悪犯リチャードを逮捕すべく、彼の恋人マリアを24時間監視することに。だが美しいマリアに好意を抱いたクリスは、大胆にも彼女の家に出入りするようになるなど、相棒のビルですらあきれる行動へ。一方、リチャードは警察のパトカーと猛烈なカーチェイスを繰り広げるなどの事件を繰り返しながら、少しずつマリアの家に近づいていく。
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Anders moves from the city to a quiet small farm that belonged to his deceased parents and spends his days out in the forest, aimlessly chopping down trees. His only desire is to be out in nature, and to lose himself in the physical work. His attempt to escape is soon interrupted by the constant involvement of his pushy relatives who want to tell him what to do and how to do it. Soon it becomes clear that Anders has just traded in one claustrophobic existence for another.
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