Mookuthi Amman (2020)
ジャンル : コメディ, ファンタジー
上映時間 : 2時間 14分
演出 : Balaji Patturaj, NJ Saravanan
脚本 : Balaji Patturaj
シノプシス
A TV reporter, who has been gathering evidence to expose a self-styled godman for years, gets help from Goddess Mookuthi Amman. How does he utilise the situation to bring down the godman before the public?
中世イタリアの修道院に、イギリスの修道士がやってきた。彼は、おりしも発生した連続殺人事件を調査することになるが……。ウンベルト・エーコの暗喩と象徴に満ちた同名小説の映画化作品。
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
ブルース・ノーランは、ニューヨーク州バッファローのローカル・テレビ局に勤めるレポーター。アンカーマンの座を目指す彼だったが、それをライバルのエヴァンに奪われ、ショックの余り放送禁止用語を口走ってクビになってしまう。さらにギャングから袋叩きにされ、同棲中の恋人グレースにも不満をぶつける始末。どん底に突き落とされたブルースのポケベルに、翌朝不思議な呼び出しが。彼を待っていたのは、清掃服姿の神だった。神はブルースに自分の役割を譲り、ブルースは全能の力を身につける。
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ジョゼフ・デルテーイの小説版による“ジャンヌ・ダルク裁判”の物語で、間違いなくサイレント映画の一つの到達点だろう。“悪魔の子”とされ拷問を受けるジャンヌが苦しみに一度は屈服し、囚人として髪を刈られるシーンの厳しさ(実際に髪を切られ涙するクローズ・アップ)、そして自分を持ち直し、あえて火刑台に向かい火にかけられ、苦悶に顔を歪める瞬間、見る者をも貫く痛み(これも鮮烈なクローズ・アップで表現される)。
定年退職間近の刑事サマセットと新人のミルズは、ある殺人現場に向かう。そこには肥満の大男の凄惨な死体があった。またほどなくして、今度はビジネスマンの死体が発見される。サマセットはそれぞれの現場に残されていた文字から、犯人がキリスト教における七つの大罪(傲慢・嫉妬・憤怒・怠惰・強欲・暴食・色欲)に因んだ殺人に及んでいると分析、残るは5件となった。事件を未然に防ごうと犯人の特定を急ぐ2人。やがて一人の男が容疑者に浮上、しかし接近するも取り逃がし、さらなる犠牲者を出してしまう。そんな中、大罪に沿った犯行が残り2件となったところで、犯人を名乗る男が自首して来るのだが…。
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デミルが23年の自作をリメイクした超大作。旧約聖書を基に、モーゼがイスラエルの民を率いて聖地を築くまでを特撮を駆使して描いた、「ベン・ハー」と双璧を成すスペクタクル史劇の傑作。
超能力少女を描いたS・キングのベストセラーを映画化。友人からも嫌われ、母親からも疎まれている、さえない容姿の女子高生キャリー。だが彼女には怒りを引き金として念動力を発揮する力があった。プロムの夜、悪質ないたずらとも知らずクィーンに選ばれたキャリーの頭上に、ブタの血が降り注ぐとき、惨劇が幕を開けた……。
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