Palo Alto

[Machine Translation] Why doesn't it work? Love and friendship. The much-talked-about film based on James Franco's novel, which depicts troubled adolescence with a delicate touch and set in the San Francisco city of Palo Alto, has already been released on DVD! This is the impressive directorial debut of Gia Coppola, who inherited the talent of the Coppola family. Starring Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts' niece. Val Kilmer co-stars with her son, Jack Kilmer. Jack, who also worked as a model for Yves Saint Laurent and makes his first film appearance, gives a great performance as a naive boy. Francis F. Coppola also makes an uncredited appearance, but only as a voice. The film was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, and Tribeca Film Festival. --April ( Emma Roberts ) is a high school student living in Palo Alto, California, who is unable to envision her future and is worried about her career path. She usually plays on her club's soccer team and is the favorite student of the team's coach, Mr. B ( James Franco ). While she is attracted to Mr. B, a kind and patient man, she also becomes friends with Teddy ( Jack Kilmer ), a sensitive boy at the same high school. April's feelings for the people around her become intertwined... April has no dreams for the future, and is crushed by the fact that things are not going the way she wants them to. Young people struggling to find their place in the world. This ensemble drama delicately and freshly depicts the adolescent years that everyone experiences.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: making-of, interview, trailer

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なぜ、うまくいかないんだろう。恋愛も友情も。 サンフランシスコの街・パロアルトを舞台に、悩み多き思春期を繊細なタッチで描いたジェームズ・フランコ原作の話題の映画が早くもDVD化! コッポラ家の才能を継承したジア・コッポラの鮮烈な監督デビュー作。主演はジュリア・ロバーツの姪のエマ・ロバーツ。ヴァル・キルマーがその息子であるジャック・キルマーと共演を果たし、イヴ・サンローランのモデルとしても活躍し、今回が映画初出演となるジャックはナイーヴな少年役を好演。また、ノンクレジットながらフランシス・F・コッポラも声のみ出演。トロント国際映画祭、テルライド映画祭、ヴェネツィア国際映画祭、トライベッカ映画祭出品作品。 ――カリフォルニア州パロアルトに住む高校生エイプリル (エマ・ロバーツ)は自分の将来を思い描けず、進路に悩みを抱えている。普段はクラブのサッカーチームで活動し、チームのコーチであるミスターB (ジェームズ・フランコ)のお気に入りの生徒でもある。優しく包容力のある大人の男性・ミスターBに惹かれていく一方で、同じ高校の繊細な男子生徒テディ (ジャック・キルマー)とも親しくなる。エイプリルを取り巻くまわりのさまざまな想いが交錯していく・・・。将来に夢を見いだせず、思うようにいかない押しつぶされそうな日々。もがきながら自分の居場所を求める若者たち。誰しも経験する青春時代を、繊細かつみずみずしく描いた群像劇。

映像特典: メイキング&インタビュー、本国オリジナル予告編