Straight Stories, Part 1 (2006)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 10分
演出 : Bouchra Khalili
シノプシス
Somewhere between documentary and fiction, this is an essay on questions of territory and human displacements made during an excursion from southern Spain to northern Morocco. Travelling on the Mediterranean rim, we hear immigrants tell their stories.
「ブレイド2」「ヘルボーイ」のギレルモ・デル・トロ監督が「デビルズ・バックボーン」に続いて再びスペイン内戦を背景に描く哀切のダーク・ファンタジー。再婚した母に連れられ、山中でレジスタンス掃討の指揮をとる冷酷な義父のもとへとやって来た空想好きの少女は、やがて残酷な現実世界から逃避し森の中の不思議な迷宮へと迷い込んでいくが…。イマジネーションあふれるヴィジュアルと深いテーマ性が高く評価され、いわゆるジャンル映画でありながら数々の映画賞を席巻する活躍で大きな注目を集めた話題作。
1944年のスペイン。内戦終結後もフランコ政権の圧政に反発する人々がゲリラ闘争を繰り広げる山間部。内戦で父を亡くした少女オフェリアは、臨月の母カルメンと共にこの山奥へとやって来る。この地でゲリラの鎮圧にあたるビダル将軍と母が再婚したのだった。冷酷で残忍な義父に恐怖と憎しみを募らせるオフェリア。その夜、彼女は昆虫の姿をした不思議な妖精に導かれ、謎めいた迷宮へと足を踏み入れる。そこでオフェリアを出迎えたパン<牧神>は、彼女が地底の魔法の国のプリンセスの生まれ変わりで、満月の夜までに3つの試練を乗り越えれば、魔法の国に帰ることが出来ると告げる。オフェリアはその言葉を信じて、与えられた3つの試練に立ち向かう決意を固めるのだったが…。
モロッコを旅行中のアメリカ人夫婦のリチャードとスーザンが、突然何者かによって銃撃を受け、妻が負傷するという事件が起こる。同じころ、東京に住む聴覚に障害を持った女子高生のチエコは、満たされない日々にいら立ちを感じながら、孤独な日々を過ごしていた。
フロール(パスベガ)はメキシコ人で、娘により良い生活を送るために米国に移住します。 そこに到着すると、彼女は英語の知識の欠如がもたらす障壁にもかかわらず、裕福な家族であるクラスキース(アダムサンドラーとティーレオニ)の家で仕事を得ます。
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