Standing Up for Sunny (2019)
Love is a funny thing.
ジャンル : コメディ, ロマンス
上映時間 : 1時間 39分
演出 : Steven Vidler
シノプシス
An isolated guy with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through stand-up comedy.
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原作者C・ブラウンの実話を映画化した作品。生まれながらの重度の脳性小児麻痺により、左足が少し動かせるだけで、後は植物人間同様の生活を余儀なくされている不遇の主人公が、その絶え間ざる努力の末、やがて言語能力を取り戻し、わずかに動く左足を使い絵を描けるようになるまで成長していく姿を描く。
Oasis is a love story of two young people abandoned by families. A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving. There he meets her daughter, wheelchair bound with cerebral palsy. Will these two lost people find a way to make their relationship work?
医学の研究に生涯を捧げ、その長年の功績を認められ名誉学位を受けることになった老教授イサク。その授与式は栄光に満ちた日になるはずだったが、前夜に自身の死を暗示する悪夢を見たためか、彼の心は晴れない。イサクは授与式当日に当初の予定を変更して、現在の住まいであるストックホルムから式の行われるルンドまで車で向かおうとする。そんな彼に、義理の娘であるマリアンヌも同行を願い出る。 半日程度の小旅行はイサクにとって、これまでの自分の人生を顧みるまたとない機会となった。青年時代に婚約者を弟に奪われたこと、妻がイサクの無関心に耐えられず不貞を働いたことなどを思い出し煩悶するイサク。そしてマリアンヌに、イサクの息子エヴァルドと彼女の間に子供が居ないのは、イサクを見て育ったエヴァルドが家庭というものに絶望しているからだと告げられる。研究者としての輝かしい名声とは裏腹に、イサクの人生は空虚なものだった。 また、イサクはルンドへ向かう途中様々な人物に出会う。奔放なヒッチハイカーの少女とその二人のボーイフレンド、不毛な夫婦喧嘩を繰り返す男女、引越していったイサクを今でも慕うガソリンスタンドの店主とその妻、そしてイサクの老いた母親。彼らとの出会いと過去への後悔が、徐々にイサクを変えていく。 無事に授与式を終えたイサクはその夜、エヴァルドと家族のことについて誠実に話し合う。寝室の外では昼間に出会ったヒッチハイカーたちが、イサクの栄誉を心から祝福していた。満ち足りた気持ちで眠りにつくイサク。彼が見る夢は前夜の悪夢と違い、不思議な充足感を伴うものだった。
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大学生の恒夫は、ある朝バイト先の麻雀店から帰る途中、老婆の手を離れて坂道を転げ落ちてくる乳母車と遭遇。その乳母車の中にはひとりの少女が身を隠していた。足が不自由で歩けない彼女は、ときどき祖母に乳母車を押してもらっては気ままな散歩を楽しんでいたのだった。恒夫は、愛読書であるフランソワーズ・サガンの小説のヒロインの名から、自分のことをジョゼと称する風変わりな彼女に、少しずつ心惹かれるようになる。
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児童相談所に預けられたまま12歳になろうとしていた少年シリル(トマス・ドレ)は、いつか父親を見つけて一緒に暮らしたいと願っていた。ある日、彼は美容院を営むサマンサ(セシル・ドゥ・フランス)と出会い、ごく自然に彼女と共に週末を過ごすようになる。二人は自転車に乗って街を走り回り、ようやくシリルの父親(ジェレミー・レニエ)を捜し出すが……。
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