関わってきた人々もろとも両親の家に突っ込もうとするパイロット、間違いで車をレッカー移動されたことが原因で転がり落ちるように全てを失った男の復讐劇、結婚式で人生最大のピンチを迎えるカップル・・・。小さなきっかけで人生が狂ってしまった人々のエピソードを、サスペンス、コメディー、バイオレンスなど違う手法で紡ぐ6話オムニバス。
製作費: $4,000,000 (6億円)
興行収入: $31,478,893 (47億円)
推定収支: $27,478,893 (41億円)
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監督: Damián Szifron
脚本: Damián Szifron
制作: Agustín Almodóvar / Leticia Cristi / Pola Zito
撮影監督: Javier Julia
制作会社: El Deseo / K & S Films / Telefe / Corner Producciones
You might not want to watch this film if you've ever dated anyone called Pasternak! It seems in the best traditions of Agatha Christie, this persecuted, unloved and jilted character has managed to assemble just about everyone in his life who has irked him onto an aircraft and guess who's flying the plane? That's the first of six segments that illustrate human nature, usually at it's comically worst, over the next two hours. A roadside diner sees a plot amongst the staff to rid themselves of a nasty loan shark. Then my tip for the best of these sees a ridiculous contretemps on a remote road between a man with a puncture and a local he insulted earlier on his journey. The next takes a pop at red tape as a demolition expert gets a parking ticket whilst laying tons of charges to safely demolish a building. He is either going to get the ticket annulled or he's going to do some annulling of his own. The weakest vignette, I found, involved the son of a wealthy man whose parents are trying to get him off a charge of murder. Corruption and extortion are rife and everyone wants their cut to ensure the lad doesn't swing! Finally, a groom rather stupidly admits to an infidelity as he dances with his new bride on their wedding night. Chaos ensues, tempers fly, the chef gets a dish he wasn't bargaining for... What each of these illustrate quite nicely are flaws in human nature. It could have been renamed the "seven deadly sins" as we address greed, anger, lust - you name it. It's well written to, at times, be quite funny, whilst at others equally cringe-making - making you shift a bit in your chair. My personal favourite character was the cook in the second episode (Rita Cortese)!
