Wild Mussels (2000)

In May of 1983, a man turns 49 and, with his 17-year old son, journeys to the village in Baden that he left 40 years before. He wants to discover what happened then, the truth about an affair his mother had with a young Polish prisoner of war, how the authorities came to learn of it, the lovers' arrest, and the aftermath. While his son takes Polaroid photographs, he retraces the steps of his childhood and interviews those who should remember. The story is disclosed in flashbacks that focus on the lovers (Paulina and Stanislaus), on a jealous and conniving neighbor, and on Mayer, the local SS commander who wants to find a way out of inevitable consequences.

카를로스 레이다가스의 신작으로, 잘 알려지지 않은 멕시코 북부의 메노나이트 교도 공동체를 배경으로 하고 있다. 평화주의와 반(反)기술주의를 표방하는 이들은 17세기에 유럽에서 탈출하였으며, 이후 1차대전 당시 캐나다의 반 독일 정서로 인해 다시 멕시코로 쫓겨가 현재는 약 10만 명이 살고 있다. 다소 보수적인 마을에 살고 있는 가정적인 남편 요한은 한 여인과 사랑에 빠지고 만다. 양쪽 모두에 똑같이 헌신적이면서도 자신의 욕망에 갈등하는 그의 모습과 결단은 호소력 있고 매혹적인 내러티브의 근간을 이루어낸다. 또한 이야기의 단순성은 영화가 전달하는 감정적인 진실 및 생생한 휴머니즘과 묘한 모순을 일으킨다. 전작 이나 에서와 마찬가지로 서서히 구축되는 레이다가스의 이야기는 시각적인 매력과 진한 감동을 주는 독특하고 강렬한 시선을 선보인다.

In search of a new lifestyle, Johannes and his wife Pernille leave the city and move with their two children to Johannes’ childhood town in the country. When Johannes’ drunken brother Lars accidently runs over Anna, a local, and plants false evidence pointing at the emigrant Alain, Johannes stands up to defend Alain. But it comes with a price.

In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be free of their tyrant. But the farmer was childless, so suddenly they all inherit the farm together. Now conflicts begin, as nobody is the boss and nobody has to obey.

남북 전쟁에 나간 잭 써머스비(John "Jack" Robert Sommersby: 리차드 기어 분)가 전쟁이 끝나도 돌아오지않자 고향 사람들은 모두 그가 죽었다고 믿었다. 그리고 그의 아내와 어린 아들, 친구와 친척들은 그의 죽음을 별로 슬퍼하지 않았다. 포도 농장의 주인이었던 써머스비는 거칠고 잔인한데다 농사와 집안일을 돌보지 않고 말썽만 피우던 남자였다. 특히 여자의 몸으로 혼자 아이를 키우며 집안 일에다 농장일까지 맡아 고생하던 아내 로렐(Laurel: 죠디 포스터 분)은 그 지긋지긋한 남자가 사라져 해방된 느낌이었다. 그리고 가까운 이웃으로 지내는 남자 오린 미첨(Orin Meecham: 빌 풀먼 분)은 써머스비가 죽었다는 소문이 돌자 로렐을 도와주며 써머스비의 죽음이 공식화되면 결혼할 생각을 갖고 있었다. 그러나 고향을 떠난지 7년만에 써머스비가 돌아왔다. 그런데 돌아온 그는 새로운 인간으로 변한 써머스비였고, 그 때문에 고향사람들도 모두 커다란 변화를 겪는다. 그는 우선 그 옛날 로렐을 끌었던 매력으로, 아니 그 이상의 부드러움과 정열로 로렐을 위해주며 담배 경작을 시작하여 가난했던 마음을 풍족하게 만들었다. 전과는 너무도 달리 변했기에 사람들은 의심을 시작한다. 지금 이 멋진 잭써머스비가 진짜로 7년전 마을을 떠난 그 써머스비인가? 그 대답을 아는 것은 오직 한 사람, 로렐 뿐이었다.

2차 세계대전이 끝난 네덜란드의 어느 마을. 안토니아(Antonia: 빌레케 반 아메루이 분)는 어머니 일레곤다(Allegonde: 도라 반 더 그로엔 분)의 임종을 지키기 위해 열여섯살 된 딸 다니엘(Danielle: 엘스 도터만 분)과 고향으로 돌아온다. 마을에 들어서면 올가(Olga: 프랜 월러 제퍼 분)의 카페 담벼락에 "환영, 우리의 해방군"이라고 갈겨 쓴 낙서가 보인다. 나치를 몰아낸 미군을 환영했던 이 낙서가 이제 안토니아를 맞이하고 있는 듯 하다. 권위에 찬 성당신부가 주재하는 일레곤다의 장례식이 열리고, 마을 사람들은 찬송가를 부른다. 하지만 전쟁의 상흔이 깃든 장례식은 그저 하나의 행사일 뿐이고 다니엘은 할머니 일레곤다가 자신의 죽음을 기뻐하듯 노래하는 환영을 본다. 새로운 세상을 만들어가는 안토니아. 어머니의 농장을 물려받은 안토니아는 마을 정착하여 새로운 삶을 시작한다.

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