Break Free (2022)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 19分
演出 : Carole Laganiere
シノプシス
Filmed in a refuge for abused women, Break Free shows the courage of these women, most of whom tell their story openly to the camera. The film chronicles the shelter’s ups and downs, its dramatic and happy moments, and at its heart we get to know the residents and workers of the L’Escale in Sherbrooke. Break Free was filmed over more than three months and reveals the immense wounds of these women and the great generosity of the ones who try to heal them.
暴力、セックス、ドラッグ、殺しが蔓延る多国籍街・歌舞伎町。その一角にあるヤクザマンションと呼ばれるビルに事務所を構える安生組の組長が、組の資金3億円と共に姿を消した。若頭・垣原は組長捜しに乗り出すが、その時既に組長はヤクザ壊滅を企む謎の手配師・ジジイによってマインドコントロールされた、靴の踵に仕込んだ鉈を武器とする泣き虫の殺し屋・イチに殺されていた。そのことを突き止めた垣原は、組長の仇を討つべく手下の高山や会長・中沢、イチに過去の自分を投影する鉄砲玉の金子、双子のサド刑事・二郎と三郎、敵対する組の船鬼や鈴木ら周囲を巻き込んでイチ捜しを開始。だが、実は究極のマゾである彼の目的は、やがてイチの無情な殺戮方法に対する興味へと移行していく。そして、遂にイチを捜し出した垣原は、イチに痛めつけられる期待に胸を膨らませるのであったが、肝腎のイチは不甲斐なく彼の期待に応えてはくれなかった。そこで、絶望した垣原は自らの耳に針を刺し自分を痛めつけると、イチに倒される妄想を見ながら投身自殺するのであった。
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