Kindness Is Contagious (2014)
Interspersing the practical with the theoretical, the documentary explores the impact and infectiousness of human kindness and compassion.
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 15分
演出 : David Gaz
シノプシス
Kindness is Contagious profiles bleeding-edge scientists and authors from UC Berkeley, Harvard and everywhere in between as well as real life people whose lives illustrate their incredible discovery: THAT KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS. Learn how a little generosity can help you live a happier, healthier, wealthier, longer and more fulfilling life.
片田舎でピザ屋を営む純朴な青年ディーズに、400億ドルの莫大な遺産が舞い込んだ! ニューヨークで彼を待ち受けていたのは、マスコミや腹黒い重役たち。美人看護婦とも知り合い、恋に落ちるが……。2大スターが共演したラヴ・コメディ。
Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, decrees that casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day so Casper visits Kriss, Massachusetts where he meets the Jollimore family and sets out to complete his mission. As usual, kindhearted Casper has a ghastky time trying to scare anyone; so The Ghostly Trio, fed up with his goody-boo-shoes behavior, secretly hires Casper's look-alike cousin Spooky to do the job-with hilarious results.
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
女子高生のハルは、車にひかれそうになっていた猫の国の王子ルーンを助けたことから、その恩返しとして猫の国に招待される。気楽な猫の世界にすっかり魅了され、「このまま猫になるのもいいかも」と思ったハルは、ルーンの妃候補にされ、猫の姿に変化させられてしまう。このままでは人間の世界に戻れないとあわてたハルは、猫の男爵バロンの助けを借り、元の姿に戻るため奮闘する。
Marcel Marx, a former bohemian and struggling author, has given up his literary ambitions and relocated to the port city Le Havre. He leads a simple life based around his wife Arletty, his favourite bar and his not too profitable profession as a shoeshiner. As Arletty suddenly becomes seriously ill, Marcel's path crosses with an underage illegal immigrant from Africa, who needs Marcel's help to hide from the police.
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ローレンス・カスダン監督によるヒューマン・ドラマの秀作。大都会ロサンゼルスを舞台に、それぞれに人生の転換期を迎えた6人の男女のエピソードを群像劇タッチに描いている。
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Kindness is Contagious profiles bleeding-edge scientists and authors from UC Berkeley, Harvard and everywhere in between as well as real life people whose lives illustrate their incredible discovery: THAT KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS. Learn how a little generosity can help you live a happier, healthier, wealthier, longer and more fulfilling life.
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