Catherine Le Mignant-Labye

We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli, and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray Alfa Romeo. Over the course of the action, Pasolini’s life and his art (represented by scenes from his films, his novel-in-progress Petrolio, and his projected film Porno-Teo-Kolossal) are constantly refracted and intermingled to the point where they become one.

In Troumaron, an impoverished area of Port-Louis, the capital of Mauritius island, four youngsters tell us about their fight for their survival: Sadiq, the would-be poet, Eve, who prostituted herself as a child to obtain school materials, Clelio filled with his anger against the world, and Savita, 'the good girl' who wants to escape but finds all avenues are closed. Eve has a plan for her and Savita to get away. But it will go terribly awry, and its tragic consequences will lead them into a spiral of violence.

左腕を骨折して入院中の5歳の少女アレクサンドリアは、脚を骨折してベッドに横たわる青年ロイと出会う。彼は彼女にアレキサンダー大王の物語を聞かせ、翌日も病室に来るようささやく。再びアレクサンドリアがロイのもとを訪れると、彼は総督と6人の男たちが織り成す壮大な叙事詩を語り始める。＜＜ターセム監督が製作した、美しい美術品のような感動巨編。自殺願望のあるスタントマンが幼い少女を操るために始めた虚構の物語が、やがて夢と希望を紡いでいく様子を丹念に映し出す。傷ついた青年役にリー・ペイス。彼を慕う少女を演じるのは、これが映画デビュー作となるカティンカ・ウンタール。CGに頼らず、世界遺産を含む世界24か国以上で撮影された驚きの華麗な映像に息をのむ。＞＞