WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

[Machine Translation] An emotional suspense film depicting the abyssal relationship between a son with an unusual malice and obsession with his mother, and his mother who is bewildered by his obsession. Based on Lionel Shriver's best-selling novel, which won the Orange Prize, the highest award for women writers in the UK. The film is based on Lionel Shriver's best-selling novel, which won the Orange Prize, the UK's top award for women's literature. Starring Tilda Swinton, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "The Fixer," this film has been acclaimed as a career best at film awards around the world. The devilish son Kevin is played with brutal beauty by rising star Ezra Miller. Director Lynne Ramsay's stoic and delicate visuals and suspenseful structure that intersects the past with the present and leads up to "The Day of the Incident" draw the viewer into a world of mystery and terror. The addition of music by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood adds to the unrelenting tension that pervades the film. --Eva, a writer who has lived a freewheeling life, has a child in the middle of her career. For some reason, her son, named Kevin, repeatedly rebelled against his mother Eva from an early age, refusing to open up to her. Eventually, Kevin grows up to be a beautiful, smart, and perfect son. But behind the scenes, his rebellion against his mother has not abated in the slightest. And then, the devilish son finally causes an incident that destroys all of Eva's life...

*Rated 12-and-over.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: trailers and interview

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母親に異常なまでの悪意と執着心を持つ息子と、彼に戸惑うその母が行きつく先とは── 深淵な親子の関係を描いたエモーショナル・サスペンス。原作は英国女性作家文学賞最高峰のオレンジ賞を受賞した、ライオネル・シュライバーのベストセラ―小説。衝撃的な内容かつ400ページを超える長編で、「映画化は困難」と言われ続けてきた問題作が、ついに映画化! 主演は「フィクサー」でアカデミー賞助演女優賞を受賞し、今作はキャリア・ベストと世界中の映画賞で絶賛されたティルダ・スウィントン。悪魔のような息子ケヴィンを、残酷なまでの美しさで演じたのは新星エズラ・ミラー。そしてリン・ラムジー監督特有の、ストイックで繊細な映像表現と、過去と現在を交錯させ「事件の日」へ向かうサスペンスフルな構成が、見る者を謎と恐怖へ引き込む。また、レディオヘッドのジョニー・グリーンウッドによる音楽が加わり、途絶えることのない緊張感が作品を覆っている。――自由奔放に生きてきた作家のエヴァは、キャリアの途中で子供を授かった。ケヴィンと名付けられたその息子は、なぜか幼い頃から母親のエヴァにだけ反抗を繰り返し、心を開こうとしない。やがてケヴィンは、美しく、賢い、完璧な息子へと成長する。しかしその裏で、母への反抗心は少しも治まることはなかった。そして悪魔のような息子は、遂にエヴァのすべてを破壊する事件を起こす・・・。

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