The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes (1948)

지금, 세상은 영웅이 필요한데 ‘왜 아무도 슈퍼히어로가 되려고 하지 않는가?’라는 의문을 가지는 데이브. 정의 수호를 위해 직접 ‘킥 애스’라는 닉네임을 정하고, 슈퍼히어로가 되기로 결심한다. 위험 앞에서도 몸을 사리지 않고, 시민을 구하는 데이브의 모습이 유튜브를 통해 퍼지면서, ‘킥 애스’는 새로운 히어로로 일약 스타덤에 오르게 되고, 끓어오르는 영웅 본능에 점점 고취되기 시작한다. .

2차 대전 직후 이탈리아의 수도 로마의 거리. 오랫동안 일자리를 구하지 못하고 거리를 배회하던 안토니오는 우연히 직업 소개소를 통해 거리에서 벽보를 붙이는 일을 맡는다. 그러나 그 일을 하기 위해선 자전거가 필요했고 이 사실을 안 아내 마리아는 남편의 직업을 위해 자신이 소중하게 간직했던 침대 시트를 전당포에 맡기고 자전거를 구입한다. 한편 직업을 갖게 된 안토니오와 그의 아들 브르노는 기쁨을 참지 못하지만 아뿔싸! 이게 웬일? 이튿날 안토니오가 출근하여 벽보를 붙이는 사이 한 사내가 자전거를 타고 도망치는 것이 아닌가?

글을 모르는 사람들을 대신해 편지를 써주는 것으로 생계를 이어가는 초로의 전직 여교사 도라는 어느 날 안나와 그 아들의 부탁을 받는다. 아버지에게 보낼 편지를 써달라는 부탁을 받고 도라가 잠시 역을 나선 순간 안나가 그만 차에 치여 사망한다. 도라는 갑자기 엄마를 잃은 아이를 어쩌지 못해 아이의 아버지를 찾기 위한 여행을 떠난다. 베를린영화제에서 최우수 작품상과 여우주연상을 받은 작품으로, 월터 살레스는 도라와 아이의 여정을 통해 브라질의 현실을 보여준다. 원주민들의 모습, 순례와 축제, 황량하고 마른 땅과 한없이 뻗은 신작로 등 브라질의 풍광을 배경으로 영화는 도라와 아이 사이에 싹트는 인간에 대한 사랑을 전달한다. 살레스는 반문맹인 여성 장기수와 저명한 조각가 사이에 오랜 세월 주고받은 편지를 기초로 만든 자신의 다큐멘터리 <또다른 어떤 곳의 삶>에서 <중앙역>의 아이디어를 떠올렸고 아이 역을 맡은 배우는 리우 공항에서 구두닦이를 하던 소년이었다.

거리의 아이들의 리더로 방금 출소한 킹(King: 데모트 뮬로니 분)이 자신의 체험담을 들려준다. 교도소란 사회에서 말썽을 피우고 들어온 사람들이 모인 곳으로 참으로 여러가지 일들이 벌어진다. 항상 분노에 차 있는 리틀제이(Little J: 발다자 겟티 분). 항상 열이 뻗쳐있는 그렉(Greg: 숀 오스틴 분). 외로움을 타고 사회에 적응하지 못하는 크레셔(Crasher: 제임스 레그로스 분). 사랑에 굶주린 브렌다(Brenda: 릭키 레이크 분). 새로 가입한 히터(Heather: 라라 플린 보일 분). 이들은 스타가 되고 싶어서 부모와 갈등을 못이기고 집을 뛰쳐 나와서 헐리웃 거리를 누빈다. 그러나 이들에게 안겨주는 것은 실망 뿐이다. 사회는 이들을 포용하는 것이 아니라 항상 생존의 위기 의식을 느끼게 한다. 조그만한 감정의 대립은 싸움의 도화선이 되어 결국 킹을 도우려던 리틀제이는 사고를 치고 만다. 경찰을 피해 도망치던 이들은 결국 법과 어른들의 손을 벗어나지 못한다. 킹은 자신의 경험을 담은 비디오 테잎을 많은 청소년들에게 공개함으로서 그들을 각성케 하는데...

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