I'm Not Scared

[Machine Translation] Directed by master filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores, winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for "Angel of the Aegean Sea" ('91), this film is a complete adaptation of the best-selling Italian novel with a screenplay by Niccolo Ammaniti, the author of the original story. Michele lives in a small village in southern Italy, where the scorching sun shines and golden wheat fields spread out. He discovers a mysterious hole and a young boy, Filippo, who is chained to it. Behind the friendship between the two, secrets of the adults are creeping in. When Filippo discovers that he is involved in an incident involving all the adults, he summons up the courage to confront them. The main character Michele is played by Giuseppe Cristiano. Despite his lack of acting experience, he was selected out of 1,200 auditionees and skillfully portrayed the emotional turmoil between friendship and family. This masterpiece, also known as the Italian version of "Stand By Me," is being released on Blu-ray for the first time in Japan! The film was an official selection of the Competition section at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival and represented Italy in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2004 Academy Awards. -In the summer of 1978, Michele is a 10-year-old boy living in a small, poor village in southern Italy. While playing outside with his friends, as usual, he accidentally discovers a mysterious hole behind an abandoned house. There he finds a young boy, Filippo, chained up and locked up. Despite his fear, Michele visits the hole again and again, and begins to feel a connection with Filippo. One night, however, Michele overhears a conversation between adults and discovers that Filippo is involved in a serious incident. Includes a booklet explaining the film.

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『エーゲ海の天使』 (91)でアカデミー外国語映画賞を受賞した巨匠ガブリエーレ・サルヴァトーレス監督が、原作者のニコロ・アンマニーティを脚本に迎え、イタリアのベストセラー小説を完全映画化。灼熱の太陽が照り、金色の麦畑が広がる南イタリアの小さな村で暮らすミケーレ。彼がみつけた不思議な穴と鎖に繋がれた少年フィリッポ。そして二人の友情の背後に忍び寄る大人たちの秘密。フィリッポが大人全員の関わる事件に巻き込まれたと知った時、大人たちに勇気を振り絞って立ち向かう。主人公のミケーレを演じたのは、ジョゼッペ・クリスティアーノ。演技未経験ながらも1200人のオーディションから選ばれ、友情と家族の間で揺れ動く心の機微を巧みに演じた。イタリア版『スタンド・バイ・ミー』とも評された傑作が国内初ブルーレイリリース! 2003年ベルリン映画祭コンペティション部門正式出品。2004年アカデミー賞外国語映画賞部門イタリア代表。――1978年の夏、南イタリアの貧しい小さな村で10歳の少年ミケーレは暮らしていた。いつものように友達と外で楽しく遊んでいると、偶然彼は廃屋の裏で不思議な穴を発見する。そこには鎖で繋がれた少年フィリッポが監禁されていた。恐怖を抱きながらも、ミケーレは何度も穴を訪れ、フィリッポと心を通わせていく。だがある晩、ミケーレは大人たちの会話を盗み聞き、フィリッポがある重大な事件に巻き込まれていることを知ってしまう。作品解説ブックレット封入。