Le Petit Criminel

[Machine Translation] [KADOKAWA Western Film Selection] A hidden masterpiece by Jacques Doillon, director of "Ponnette", which won all the film awards! The film was highly acclaimed for its fresh depiction of the emotions of a lonely boy, and won the Louis Deluc Award, the Grand Prix de la Cinema de France, and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Jacques Doillon ("Ponnette") ('96), this film depicts a motherless, spirited young girl. The screenplay was inspired by an actual incident in which a boy took a police officer hostage for 30 minutes. The two actors who played the boy and his sister were also highly acclaimed, winning the Cesar Award and the European Film Award for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively. --Marc lives with his divorced mother in the south of France and discovers that his sister, whom he had been told was dead, is in a nearby town. Marc robs a pharmacy with a pistol to get money to go see her, and takes a detective he knows who calls on him as a hostage on his way to her...

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[KADOKAWA 洋画セレクション] 『ポネット』のジャック・ドワイヨン監督が映画賞を総なめした隠れた名作! 孤独な少年の心情をみずみずしく描いて高く評価され、ルイ・デリュック賞、フランス映画大賞、ベルリン国際映画祭・批評家連盟賞を受賞した。監督は、母を失った健気な少女を描いた『ポネット』(96)のジャック・ドワイヨン。本作では少年が30分間、警官を人質に取った実際の事件から発想を得て脚本を執筆。少年と姉を演じた2人の演技も高く評価され、それぞれセザール賞とヨーロッパ映画賞で男優賞、女優賞を受賞している。――南仏で離婚した母と暮らす少年マルクは、死んだと聞かされていた姉が近くの町にいることを知る。会いに行くための資金を得るためにピストルで薬局を襲ったマルクは、声をかけて来た知り合いの刑事を人質にして姉の元へ向かう・・・。