Patrick Bill

This new Christmas ballet film was conceived by Matthew Bourne and directed by his long standing film collaborator Ross MacGibbon. The film celebrates Bourne's power to imaginatively transform ballet, taking dance and dancers off the stage into studio, bringing together projections, animation, and an intimate shooting style to produce a distinctive new way of presenting dance on screen. Those who know Bourne's stage work will spot extracts from many of his biggest hits (including Swan Lake, Edward Scissorhands, and Nutcracker!), but for audiences less familiar with his work this is simply a journey through a series of magical worlds where stories are told through dance.

The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.

1985年、英国の登山家2人、ジョーとサイモンは、標高が6600mもあり、前人未到の難所だったシウラ・グランデ峰の登頂に成功。だが下山途中にジョーが足を骨折してしまう。サイモンは、彼と自分の体をザイルでつないで下山を試みるが、再び予期せぬアクシデントが発生し、ジョーは氷の絶壁に宙吊りになってしまう。生と死の瀬戸際に立つサイモンは、覚悟を決め、2人をつなぐザイルをナイフで切断する決意をする。