Soft Sand, Blue Sea (1998)

少年ジェイクは、現実と幻想が交錯する中で、奇妙な子供たちが暮らす“ミス・ペレグリンの家”を見つけ出す。子供たちが不思議な能力を持ち、ひたすら同じ一日を繰り返す理由を知る一方で、彼らに忍び寄ろうとしている危険に気付くジェイク。さらに、ミス・ペレグリンの家へと導かれた理由と自身の役割を知る。やがて、真実が明らかになるとともに、子供たちに思わぬ変化が起こる。

オクラホマ州タルサ。14歳のポニーボーイが住むこの町は、貧しい“グリース”たちが住むイースト・サイドと金持ちの“ソッシュ”たちが住むウェスト・サイドに分かれ対立していた。ある日、ポニーボーイはグリースのリーダー格、ダラスと親友ジョニーと共に遊びに行ったドライブインシアターでソッシュの女の子チェリーと出会う。以来彼女に想いを寄せるポニーボーイ。だが、このことをきっかけとしてソッシュたちと喧嘩沙汰に。その対決の末、ポニーボーイとジョニーは相手のリーダーを刺してしまう。

9歳の孤児オリバー・ツイスト（バーニー・クラーク）は、救貧院で労働に従事していたが、夕食の席で「おかわり」を求め、救貧院を追放されてしまう。

Bastard depicts the distress of needy children and the love of a nurse and a hard boiled criminal. A film from Polish director Maciej Dejczer and actor Til Schweiger’s first international film.

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Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark's stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.

Nina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fell in love with each other, but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. In the meantime, Francoise is picked up at a psychic department of a Berlin hospital by her husband, Pierre. After seeing Nina, Francoise believes that she has found her kidnapped daughter Marie, but neither Toni nor Pierre believe her. Nina is unsure about what to think...

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Eleven-year-old petty criminal Maroa lives with her violent grandmother Brigida in Caracas. After her boyfriend Carlos is involved in a shooting, Maroa is arrested and sent to a school where Joaquin conducts the youth orchestra, and he asks the naturally talented Maroa to join. Days now revolve around the classes that Joaquin, the shy and unconventional teacher, gives her. He is immediately interested in this talented young girl, who lacks all notion of discipline. Joaquin, the only person to offer hope in the midst of her rejection, finds that through Maroa, his world has also changed forever.

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