In a quiet corner of England, a young boy visits the cinema for the first time. Overwhelmed by the experience, he returns to see a movie which will ignite his imagination, fill his head with fantasy and change the course of his life. That enthusiasm carries him though to his adolescence, when he gets a part-time job as an usher at his local cinema. Falling in with the motley crew of cinephile staff, he falls in love, finds his tribe, and fantasises about his film-filled future. The final act sees that same boy as a grown man, back in his hometown after life panned out in a slightly unexpected way. When an opportunity to break into the film world presents itself, he finds that his life has come full circle as he sets out again to make his magnum opus...

本作が描くのは、銀幕に魂を奪われた者の宿命的な愛の軌跡です。暗闇で灯された情熱が、少年の空想を広げ、大人の挫折をも包み込んでいく。単なる懐古趣味に留まらず、夢と現実の境界で葛藤する機微を、一本の名画のような情緒豊かな筆致で描き出す点に文学的な深みがあります。 特筆すべきは、人生の円環を肯定する著者の温かな視点です。挫折を経て再び映画へと手を伸ばす再生の物語は、偏愛を抱えて生きる者への救いとなるでしょう。フィルムの回転に重ねられた人生の尊さ。その熱量に触れれば、あなたもまた自分だけの「人生の一本」を暗闇に探しに行きたくなるはずです。