Grandchild (2021)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 13分
演出 : Claudio Steinberg
シノプシス
Claudio and Hilla yearn for their first grandchild. Nitai, their son, begins a surrogacy process with his husband in Canada. The family has to bridge intergenerational gaps.
When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.
John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los Angeles who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.
1979年のカリフォルニア。ある夜、同性愛者であることを隠して検事局で働くポールは、シンガーを夢見ながらもダンサーとして働くルディと出会う。2人はすぐに惹かれ合い恋に落ちる。ルディが暮らすアパートの隣にはダウン症の少年・マルコが住んでいるが、彼の母親が薬物所持で逮捕されたことで、マルコは強制的に施設に連れていかれてしまう。ルディとポールは“いとこ”と関係を偽り、マルコとの生活を始める。
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A wealthy professional gay couple, who wish to adopt children, see their lives turned topsy turvy when they take in two misbehaving brothers.
30代女性と6歳の少女のひと夏の交流を描き、サウス・バイ・サウスウエスト映画祭2019で観客賞と審査員特別賞を受賞したヒューマンドラマ。大学を中退し、レストランの給仕として働きながら夏の子守りの短期仕事を必死に探す34歳の独身女性ブリジット。子守りを任された6歳の少女フランシスやその両親であるレズビアンカップルとの出会いを通し、彼女の冴えない人生に少しずつ変化が訪れる。主演を務めるケリー・オサリバンが自伝的要素を盛り込んでオリジナル脚本を手がけ、これまでタブーとされることの多かった、生理、避妊、中絶など女性の心身にまつわる本音を、ユーモアを交えながら軽やかに描き出す。オサリバンの私生活のパートナーでもあるアレックス・トンプソンが長編初メガホンをとった。
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