A Joyous Christmas (2017)
장르 : TV 영화, 로맨스, 드라마
상영시간 : 1시간 23분
연출 : Allan Harmon
시놉시스
Just before Christmas, bestselling author Rachel Kennedy returns to her hometown to host an event for her upcoming book. Though being home is difficult since losing her parents and losing touch with her brother, David, she finds strength from unexpected sources, namely her local producer, Jack and a selfless stranger, Joy. Jack and Joy help Rachel connect with the community, reunite with her brother and reevaluate her motivational message. Rachel and Jack develop an undeniable bond, but Rachel is torn between their relationship and career pressure from her manager, Stuart. As the event approaches, Joy reveals a secret from her past that has a lasting impact on Jack, and Rachel must find a message that brings her fans — and herself – lasting joy.
한 발명가가 만든 인조인간인 에드워드는, 발명가의 갑작스런 죽음으로 가위가 달린 손을 가진 채 미완성으로 남아 있다. 화장품 외판원 펙은 마을 언덕 외딴 성에서 상처투성이 창백한 얼굴과 날카로운 가위손 때문에 외롭게 살고 있는 에드워드를 만나 자신의 집으로 데려온다. 평범한 일상에 무료해하던 마을 사람들에게 큰 관심거리가 된 에드워드는 펙의 딸 킴을 만나 첫눈에 사랑에 빠지지만, 그녀의 남자친구의 질투와 이웃들의 편견으로 도둑으로 몰리며 더 큰 오해에 빠지게 되는데...
연도를 알 수 없는 미래. 정보화로 인해 모든 것이 획일화된 사회에서 샘 로우리는 지극히 평범하고 심심한 삶을 살고 있다. 정보국에서 서기로 일하고 있는 말단 관리인 샘은 꿈속에서 중세의 기사가 되어 하늘을 날며, 아름다운 여인을 구해내곤 한다. 어느 날 정보국 직원의 실수로 터틀이란 테러범을 잡는다는 것이 버틀이란 무고한 시민의 생명을 빼앗는 일이 되어 버리고, 샘은 그의 가족들에게 보상금을 지급하는 임무를 맡게 된다. 그 곳에서 그는 꿈 속의 여인인 질을 만나게 된다. 꿈속에서와 달리 그녀는 거친 트럭 운전수이자 반정부주의자였는데...
버드는 소심하지만 성실하고 착한 뉴욕의 종합보험회사 직원이다. 독신인 그는 시내에 조용한 아파트를 얻어서 살고 있는데, 본의 아니게 회사 임원들을 상대로 그 아파트를 빌려주게 된다. 그로 인해 생활에 피해가 많지만, 원래 소심한 성격에다가 상대가 모두 상당한 영향력을 가지고 있는 사람들이라, 회유와 협박에 번번히 집을 내줄 수 밖에 없다. 한편, 그는 엘리베이터 걸인 프랜에게 은근히 마음을 두고 있고, 프랜도 그에게 상당히 호의적이다. 아파트를 빌리는 임원들의 도움으로 그는 승진 후보에 오르고, 인사권자인 쉘드레이크 전무를 만나는데, 뜻밖에도 쉘드레이크 전무는 그의 비밀을 다 알고 있었고, 전무는 그것을 약점으로 잡아서 자기도 버드의 방을 빌린다. 버드는 방을 빌려주는 대가로 받은 뮤지컬 티켓으로 프랜에게 데이트 신청을 하지만 바람만 맞고 만다. 회사의 크리스마스 파티에서 프랜과 화해할 기회가 생겼지만, 우연히 쉘드레이크가 자기 아파트로 데려오는 여자가 프랜이라는 사실을 알고는 다시 그녀로부터 멀어진다.
크리스마스를 앞둔 런던, 다우닝가에 둥지를 튼 총리는 식음료 담당자 나탈리에게 호감을 가지며, 작가 제이미는 파출부 오렐리아에게 매력을 느낀다. 대니얼은 아내를 잃은 슬픔에 빠져 있고, 양아들 샘은 미국에서 온 조안나에게 잘 보이려고 고민 중이며, 총리의 여동생 캐런은 남편의 부정을 눈치챈다. 새라는 동료 칼을 짝사랑하며, 친구 피터와 줄리엣의 결혼을 접하는 마크의 표정은 우울하다. 여기에 마약중독에서 빠져나온 록 가수 빌리 맥, 미국 여자들과 즐기기 위해 미국행을 결심하는 콜린 등이 뒤얽히며 사랑의 갖가지 모습이 펼쳐진다.
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Tom Lane is the star columnist for the media conglomerate owned San Francisco Sun newspaper. The company is thinking about increasing Tom's exposure by producing a new television show around him. Liz Madison is the advice columnist for the little read community newspaper, the Marin County Voice, which is a throwback to gentler times. Besides their journalistic occupations, one other similar aspect between Tom and Liz is that they are both currently single, with their friends and family doing whatever they can to find that special someone for their personal life. On November 2, the staff at the Voice learn that the Sun ownership has bought their newspaper, with the probable goal of folding it into the operations of the Sun. If this move does happen, the staff at the Voice will lose their jobs. To fight back, Liz decides to change her column to an editorial espousing the meaning of Christmas and the newspaper to the community...
Newspaper reporter Rebecca Chandler, who feels she got no fair chance to prove her worth in her thee years career, looks forward to a Hawaian holiday with her fiancé Ryan, but instead of a ring he brings her- walking orders, he found better. So she accepts again to be the bachelor on duty in the Christmas season, and write the annual romantic non-news feel good-story, once more about the elusive Secret Santa in small-town Hamden, where the Christmas spirit it said to last all year. Bad luck follows her from Indianapolis: her car breaks down, she can only get lodgings in a home for the elderly without Internet, and nobody wants to help her unmask the secret Santa. Soon she guesses it must be the only rich philanthropist, but the popular Mr. John Martin Carter doesn't grant her an interview and isn't tricked either, in fact meets her at the worst repeatedly without her knowing him...
Trish (Mary Stuart Masterson) and her six-year-old niece, Patsy, make their living by picking pockets. But when they try to take advantage of holiday shoppers with fat wallets, they run into a little snag—a department store security guard named Bert (Mark Ruffalo) catches them in the act. The store owner wants them arrested, but decides to wait until Christmas is over. To ensure they don't make a run for it, he entrusts their care to Bert. With jail on the horizon, Trish and Patsy are scared for their future. But as the holiday nears its end, it looks as though a budding romance might just save them after all.
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