Al Ghasala (2020)
The Washing Machine
ジャンル : コメディ, ファンタジー, サイエンスフィクション
上映時間 : 1時間 50分
演出 : Essam Abdel Hamid
シノプシス
The fictional story of an advanced washing machine that's also a time-traveling machine. However, what it truly offers is conflicts and ironies upon its users.
強大な軍事力を持つ昆虫型生命体、フォーミックとの宇宙戦争を続けている人類。その第2次侵攻に備えるべく、世界中から優れた少年兵士たちが防衛軍ベースキャンプのバトルスクールへと集められ、宇宙で戦う技術と知識をたたき込まれていた。そんな中、戦いを終わらせる特殊な能力を秘めているとして少年エンダーもベースキャンプに送られる。生命を持つ者同士が戦争で殺し合うことに強い疑問を抱きながらも戦士の才覚を発揮し、少年戦士の指揮官となるエンダーだった。
ヒンズー教とキリスト教とイスラム教とを同時に信奉し、かつ円周率を延々と暗記するほど賢く、泳ぎや楽器も得意な少年パイ。インドで動物園を経営していたパイの一家は、新天地を求めて動物とともにカナダに移住を決断。しかし乗船した日本の貨物船は太平洋を北上中に海難事故に遭い、16歳の少年パイが人間では唯一の生存者となる。
While exploring the neighboring woods, 13-year-old John discovers an unfinished bunker — a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents and older sister and drags their unconscious bodies into the bunker, where he holds them captive. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally do what he wants.
韓国ソウル近郊で突然謎のウイルスが発生し、感染した人々はゾンビと化して次々と市民に襲いかかる。ゲームオタクの青年オ・ジュヌ(ユ・アイン)は、いつも通り学校に行かずにオンラインゲームを楽しんでいたが、彼がマンションから外をのぞくと、一帯はすでに混乱を極めており、パニックに陥った人々はただ逃げ惑っていた。
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