Wildlife

[Machine Translation] Father's unemployment. Mother's infidelity. Separation and a new path. A sad but tender story that depicts a broken family through the emotions of a 14-year-old son. The first film directed by Paul Dano, an actor with a strong personality. Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, two of Hollywood's most talented actors, star as a married couple. -In 1960s rural Montana, near the Canadian border, 14-year-old Joe is the only son of his father Jerry, who works at a golf course, and his mother Janet. Just as life in the new town is beginning to take off, his father is laid off from his job. Jerry also leaves for a migrant job to put out wildfires, without regard for the risk to his life. Janet and Joe are forced to work. Mother finds a job at a swimming pool and son at a photography studio, but their lives are not stable. Joe soon sees his kind mother struggling to survive, plagued by anxiety and loneliness. Wild Life" quietly and deeply depicts the gradual breakdown of a happy family from the perspective of the son, Joe. Joe knows that his relationship with his mother, father, and husband and wife will never be the same again, but the love spun by his family still remains in his heart. Joe is bewildered by the ever-changing shape of his family, but he also grows up by watching his father and mother...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: bonus video footage

父の失業。母の浮気。別離、そして新たな道――。壊れゆく家族の姿を14歳の息子の心情を通して描く、切なくも優しい物語。個性派俳優ポール・ダノ初監督作品。キャリー・マリガン×ジェイク・ギレンホール、ハリウッド屈指の実力派俳優が夫婦役で競演! ――1960年代、カナダと国境にほど近いモンタナ州の田舎町。14歳のジョーは、ゴルフ場で働く父ジェリーと、母ジャネットの1人息子。引っ越してきたばかりの生活がようやく軌道に乗り始めていたのもつかの間、父が職場から解雇されてしまう。さらに、ジェリーは命の危険も顧みず、山火事を消しに行く出稼ぎ仕事に旅立ってゆく。残されたジャネットとジョーは働くことを余儀なくされ、母はスイミングプール、息子は写真館での職を見つけるが、生活が安定するはずもない。やがてジョーは、優しかった母が不安と孤独にさいなまれ、生きるためにもがく姿を目の当たりにすることになる・・・。幸せだった家族がしだいに壊れていく姿を息子ジョーの目線から静かに深く映し出してゆく『ワイルドライフ』。母との関係、父との関係、そして夫婦の関係は、もうもとに戻ることはないとわかっていても、それでもジョーの胸には家族が紡いだ愛情が今も残る。変わりゆく家族の形に戸惑いながら、父と母の姿を見て、ジョーも大人になっていく・・・。

映像特典: インタビュー〈キャリー・マリガン(7分00秒)/ポール・ダノ(5分34秒)/ゾーイ・カザン(5分45秒)〉、劇場版予告編(1分38秒)