Sparrow (1994)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 46分
演出 : Franco Zeffirelli
脚本 : Franco Zeffirelli
シノプシス
Catania, Sicilia 1854. A serious epidemic of cholera is hitting the region. Maria a 16 years old novice leaves her convent and returns her home to avoid contamination. Here she finds a difficult situation, in fact her stepmother and her half-sisters prevent Maria to live the normal life of a teenager. In their minds Maria is the promised "bride of God" and a regular life for her is inappropriate. Nino, her handsome neighbor, falls in love for Maria who isn't indifferent to him. But when Maria comes back to her convent the way to become nun is compelled. Now Maria can understand Sister Agata, and realizes she became mad cause a lost and impossible love like the one between Maria and Nino.
18世紀を代表する仏文学者、マルキ・ド・サド侯爵の晩年を描いたドキュメンタリー。猥褻文書の罪で監禁、ますます執筆活動にのめりこむサド侯爵と、その著書に翻弄された人々をユーモアたっぷりに描いた真実の物語。
Born into aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec moves to Paris to pursue his art as he hangs out at the Moulin Rouge where he feels like he fits in being a misfit among other misfits. Yet, because of the deformity of his legs from an accident, he believes he is never destined to experience the true love of a woman. But that lack of love in his life may change as he meets two women
19世紀後半のNY社交界を舞台に繰り広げられる、貴族階級からはみ出た伯爵夫人と、その幼なじみの弁護士の静かな恋愛を描く。イーディス・ウォートンの原作に基づいたM・スコセッシによる、“斜陽”の物語。オペラ観賞に訪れた弁護士のニューランドは、幼なじみの伯爵夫人エレンに再会する。彼女には離婚を認めようとしない夫がいて、彼にも婚約者がいた。そんな状況の中で、奔放な彼女に心惹かれていくニューランド。しかし、上流階級の掟は二人を許そうとはしなかった……。アカデミー衣装デザイン賞を受賞した絢爛豪華な舞台の中で、D・D=ルイス、M・ファイファー、W・ライダーなど、魅力的な顔合わせで描かれる禁じられた大人の愛を、スコセッシは切なく、感動的に再現。抑圧された世界でこそ生じる葛藤と胸の高なりを与えてくれる。
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
1814年。港町マルセイユに住む航海士のエドモンは伯爵の子息フェルナンと幼馴染み。貧しいエドモンには裕福なフェルナンも羨む魅力的な婚約者メルセデスがいた。エドモンはやがて船長になり、晴れて結婚式を挙げることになった。しかしその矢先、エドモンは何者かの陰謀で罪人として牢獄に幽閉されてしまうのだった。やがて獄中でファリア司祭と出会い、彼のおかげで脱獄に成功したうえ巨額の財産を手にしたエドモンはモンテ・クリスト伯として社交界に華々しくデビューするのだった。この時、エドモンの真の目的に気づく者は誰一人居なかった。
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