Deborah Alexander

ジャスミンは夫ハルとニューヨークでぜいたくな生活を送っていたが、全てを失い、サンフランシスコに暮らす妹ジンジャーのアパートに身を寄せる。過去のセレブ生活にとらわれ、神経をすり減らしていたジャスミンだったが、ある日お金持ちの男性ドワイトと出会い、自分の身の上について嘘をついてしまう。 ＜＜ウディ・アレン監督がケイト・ブランシェットをヒロインに迎え、サンフランシスコを舞台に転落人生の中でもがき、精神を病んでいく姿を描くドラマ。ニューヨークでセレブ生活を送っていたものの夫も財産も失ったヒロインが妹を頼りにサンフランシスコに引っ越し、再生しようとする過程で、彼女の過去や心の闇を浮き彫りにしていく。実業家である夫をアレック・ボールドウィンが演じるほか、サリー・ホーキンスやピーター・サースガードが共演。＞＞

Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man.

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to follow the advice of a psychic. Sally, the daughter of Alfie and Helena, is unhappy in her marriage and develops a crush on her boss, while her husband, Roy, falls for a woman engaged to be married.

Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."