Difficult Beginning (1986)

A woman who is raped and gives birth to a child in war torn Kosovo, struggles to keep her child.

かつてCIA工作員として政府の影の仕事を行っていたブライアンだが、退職し今はアメリカで危険の無い仕事をしながら離婚した妻との間にできた愛娘キムに会ったりして日々を平和に過ごしていた。 ある日キムは友人と二人だけでパリ旅行をしたいとブライアンにせがむ。子供達だけで危険な海外旅行に行く事は当然許しがたい事であったが、悲しむキムについつい旅行を許してしまう。 パリについたキムたちは、空港で外国旅行者を狙う犯罪グループに目をつけらていたのだった。宿泊先で父と電話中だったキムは友人が大胆にも室内で誘拐される様を目撃してしまう。 父の咄嗟の指示により犯行一味の手がかりを話ながらキムも無情に連れ去られてしまう。取り残された携帯電話に犯人が出た気配に気付き、ブライアンは呼びかける。 「私には長年にわたって培った特殊なスキルがある。娘を返せ。さもなければお前を探し出し、殺す」 犯人は電話を切るがそこから得られた本当に僅かな手がかりを辿ってブライアンの娘を取り戻す孤独な強行作戦が始まる。

ヨーロッパでの誘拐事件後、ブライアンは再婚相手とうまくいっていない元妻と娘との絆を深めていた。ブライアンは二人に仕事先のイスタンブールへ気晴らしに来ないかと誘う。イスタンブールのバザールで買い物をしようとしてたブライアントとレノーアだが、不穏な気配を察知したブライアンの行動も虚しく二人は何者かに拉致されてしまう。辛くも拉致を免れた娘キムは誘拐された両親を救うために父の指示のもと両親奪回へと動き始める。

Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and daughter are among the slaughtered. With western governments suppressing key facts and unwilling to go after the terrorists, Jack uses his contacts and snooping skill to seek the truth himself.

Nenad, ten years Christian boy from a Serbian enclave, determined to create a proper community burial for his late grandfather, crosses enemy lines and makes friends among the Muslim majority in deeply divided, war-torn Kosovo.

「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…。

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