The Beauty of the Devil (1950)
ジャンル : コメディ, ドラマ, ファンタジー
上映時間 : 1時間 36分
演出 : René Clair
脚本 : René Clair
シノプシス
Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges bodies with him to induce Faust to sign a pact to exchange his soul for renewed youth, riches and power. But though the "new" Faust is attracted by the material improvements in his life, he remains wary of signing, while Mephistopheles, now posing as the aged professor whose body he inhabits, must find a way to trick him into signing the pact - and dissuade him from the love of a gypsy girl who prays for his soul - or find himself damned by his own Master...
幼い頃に母を亡くした王女スノーホワイト。国中から愛される姫君だった彼女だが、父王が魔女ラヴェンナに惑わされ、新たな妃に迎えたことから運命が一変する。ラヴェンナは王を殺害して国を奪い、スノーホワイトを塔に幽閉してしまったのだ。やがて永遠の美と若さを得るため、成長した姫の心臓を奪おうとする魔女だったが、姫は間一髪で脱走、黒い森へ逃れる。魔女は森を熟知するハンター、エリックに姫の捕獲を命じる。
世界中の希少本を探す、書籍の探偵コルソ。彼はある富豪の依頼を受け、世界に3冊しかないという伝説の悪魔の祈祷書を探していた。ニューヨークからスペイン、ポルトガルと祈祷書を追って旅するコルソ。だがそんな彼の周囲では、不可思議な殺人が続発してゆく。＜禁断の書と言われる“悪魔の書”を手にした書物ブローカーに起こる迷宮的恐怖を描く。ロマン・ポランスキー監督作。＞
ジョン・コンスタンティンには、普通の人間には見えないものが見える。末期の肺ガンに冒されてもタバコを吸い続けるヘビースモーカーである彼は、厭世的ですさんだ生活を続けていた。生まれたときから備わった「特殊な能力」で、超常現象を専門に扱う変り種の探偵を生業としている。普段は誰も気づかない、この世のわずかな空気の乱れを敏感に察知するコンスタンティン。異変はすでに起こりつつあった。友人の神父から依頼を受け、悪魔に取り憑かれた少女のもとへ赴いたコンスタンティンは、いつもの悪魔祓いの儀式の途中で、言い知れぬ恐怖を覚える。これまでとは何かが違う・・・。長い間保たれてきた天国と地獄のバランスが崩れ去ろうとしている予感。それを裏付けるようにコンスタンティンの周囲で蠢きだす不気味な出来事の数々。病魔に冒された現実と、得体の知れない謎を抱え込んだ彼のもとに、アンジェラ・ドッドソン刑事が、自殺した姉妹イザベルの死の真相を探るべく、協力を求めにやってきた。アンジェラの頼みをいったんは断ったコンスタンティンだが、その背後につきまとう悪魔の姿を見て、彼女こそが謎を解く鍵を握る人物と知る・・・・・。この世とあの世の境界線で、いったい何が起ころうとしているのか？ただひとつ確かなことは、かろうじてこの世を成り立たせてきた危ういバランスがついに崩壊を始めたということ。それは、終末への序章なのか？越えてはいけない一線を越えて、何かとてつもないことが動き出そうとしているのだ-----。
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Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges bodies with him to induce Faust to sign a pact to exchange his soul for renewed youth, riches and power. But though the "new" Faust is attracted by the material improvements in his life, he remains wary of signing, while Mephistopheles, now posing as the aged professor whose body he inhabits, must find a way to trick him into signing the pact - and dissuade him from the love of a gypsy girl who prays for his soul - or find himself damned by his own Master...
