The Savages

[Machine Translation] Nominated for two categories at the 80th Academy Awards! ( Best Actress, Best Screenplay ) A heartbreaking yet warm family story that has been highly acclaimed around the world. Let's go home to our family again. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "Capote" and whose latest film "Pirates Rock" is also in the spotlight, and Laura Linney of "Love Actually," which received an Academy Award nomination for this film. The film tells the story of two middle-aged siblings who are lost in their lives when their aging father suddenly appears in their lives. The story, which was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, asks the viewer what life, family, and living are all about. It is a sad yet hopeful family story that no one can help but empathize with. --John and Wendy are two siblings who grew up abused by a violent father. They are now living independent lives in New York City, but one day, their environment changes drastically when their father is diagnosed with dementia. They are forced to take in their father, who is like a stranger to them. John, who pretends to be a single aristocrat but is more hungry for family love than anyone else, and Wendy, who is stuck in adultery and laments the fact that she is growing old. The family is unexpectedly brought together again, and their conflicts come to the fore... What decision will they make when their father comes to the end of his life?

Special Feature / Bonus Track: still gallery

第80回アカデミー賞2部門ノミネート! (主演女優賞、脚本賞) 世界が絶賛した、切なくも温かい家族の物語。もう一度、家族に帰ろう――。主演は『カポーティ』でアカデミー賞主演男優賞に輝き、最新作『パイレーツ・ロック』も話題のフィリップ・シーモア・ホフマンと、本作でアカデミー賞ノミネートを果たした『ラヴ・アクチュアリー』のローラ・リニー。人生に迷う中年の兄妹に突然のしかかる、老いた父親の存在──。アカデミー賞脚本賞にもノミネートされた物語は、観る者に人生とは、家族とは、生きることとは何かを問いかける。誰もが共感せずにはいられない、切なくも希望に満ちた家族の物語。――暴力的な父親から虐待を受けて育った兄妹、ジョンとウェンディ。現在はニューヨークでそれぞれ自立した生活を送る二人だったが、ある日、父親が認知症と診断されたことにより、その環境は大きく変わる。否応無しに他人同然の父を引取ることになってしまう二人。独身貴族を気取りながらも誰よりも家族愛に飢えるジョン、不倫から抜け出せずだた歳を重ねることを嘆くウェンディ。図らずも再び集った家族が浮き彫りにするそれぞれの葛藤・・・。やがて父が最期を迎えるとき、二人が下した決断とは?

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