Midsummer Madness (2007)

家族を不慮の事故で失ったダニーは、大学で民俗学を研究する恋人や友人と共にスウェーデンの奥地で開かれる”90年に一度の祝祭”を訪れる。美しい花々が咲き乱れ、太陽が沈まないその村は、優しい住人が陽気に歌い踊る楽園のように思えた。しかし、次第に不穏な空気が漂い始め、ダニーの心はかき乱されていく。妄想、トラウマ、不安、恐怖……それは想像を絶する悪夢の始まりだった。

Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to fall apart soon after they take up residence in a cramped little flat.

物語は「ファー・フロム・ヨコハマ」「ア・ゴースト」「ロスト・イン・スペース」と名づけられた3話からなるオムニバスで、それぞれの話の人物たちが、互いに知らないまま、別々に同じ夜汽車を見、エルビスの〈ブルー・ムーン〉を聞き、そして翌朝1発の銃声を耳にする、ワン・ナイト・ストーリー。

スウェーデンの田舎町バンニャに住むアレックスは、ケンカばかりの両親にうんざりしていた。そんな彼にとって初恋の女の子アンナとのデートが唯一の幸せな時間だったが、母の失踪を機にアレックスは町を出ることになってしまう。数年後、作曲家として成功したアレックスは、母の葬式に出席するため久々に故郷を訪れる。同じ頃、首都ストックホルムでは何者かによる爆破事件が多発。政府は厳戒態勢を敷いたものの、謎の攻撃は国中に広がりパニックは拡大していく。故郷でアンナと再会を果たしたアレックスのもとにも、その脅威が迫り……。＜「ぼくのエリ 200歳の少女」のジョン・ノードリングが製作総指揮を手がけ、謎の破壊行為にさらされたスウェーデンの町を舞台に描いたSFサスペンス。＞

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