My Boy Jack

[Machine Translation] A moving true story of war starring Daniel Radcliffe of the "Harry Potter" series! The film is based on a poem written by Rudyard Kipling, the youngest ever Nobel Prize winner in literature, for his son who was lost in battle. In a 180-degree departure from her role as the wizard Harry, Kipling plays a young man who dreams of returning home and not losing himself in the madness of war. The mother who continues to believe in her son's return home is played by Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), and David Haig, who also wrote the screenplay for this film, is joined by a cast of talented actors. --Everyone believed that Jack would come back. The year is 1915, and World War I is raging. Jack, still a tender young man of 17, goes to the Western Front as a British officer, leading his unit. Raised in a happy home with a strict but kind father and a mother who loves him infinitely, he experiences hell on the battlefield, where poison gas and bullets fly around...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: interviews

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「ハリー・ポッター」シリーズのダニエル・ラドクリフ主演による感動の戦争トゥルー・ストーリー! 史上最年少でノーベル文学賞を受賞したラドヤード・キプリングが戦闘中行方不明となった息子のために書いた詩を元に映像化。魔法使い"ハリー"の役とは180度違い戦争という狂気の中でも自分を失わず、故郷へ帰る日を夢見る青年を熱演。息子の帰郷を信じ続ける母親役に「セックス・アンド・ザ・シティ」のキム・キャトラルや、本作で脚本も手掛けるデヴィッド・ヘイグなど実力派の俳優が勢揃い。 ――ジャックはきっと帰ってくる。誰もがそう信じていた。1915年、激戦続く第一次大戦。まだあどけなさが残る17歳の青年ジャックは、英国将校として部隊を率い西部戦線へと出征する。厳格だが優しい父と、彼に無限の愛情を注ぐ母との幸せな家庭で育った彼は、毒ガスと銃弾が飛び交う戦場で地獄を体験する・・・。

インタビュー映像(ダニエル・ラドクリフ、キム・キャトラル、他)