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''Diamond Girl'' is a 1998 Canadian-South African romance drama television film directed by Timothy Bond and starring Jonathan Cake, Joely Collins, and Kevin Otto.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=The New York Times )〕 Written by Charles Lazer and based on the novel ''Diamond Girl'' by Diana Palmer, the film is about a young paralegal who is secretly in love with her boss, a carefree lawyer who manages his family's Napa Valley vineyard. While he negotiates the sale of the vineyard, his high-powered attorney brother arrives from London and takes control of negotiations. As the deal progresses, the paralegal's affections are torn between the two brothers. ==Plot== Claire Barnard (Joely Collins), an unassuming paralegal, works in a small law office for Denny Montana (Kevin Otto), a carefree lawyer more interested in playing tennis and chasing women than he is in his work. Claire's quiet efficiency is largely responsible for Denny's successful law practice. After her parents died in a car accident, Claire has looked after her younger brother Sean. In addition to her normal work responsibilities, Claire has helped Denny manage his family's Napa Valley vineyard and prepare negotiations for the sales merger of the property. In the four years she's worked for Denny, Claire has kept her romantic feelings for him to herself. Denny's haughty older brother Regan Montana (Jonathan Cake) arrives and quickly takes over Claire's office and the planned merger negotiations. After completing his education at Yale and establishing a successful legal career in London, Regan has returned to Napa Valley to help with the sales merger of the family's vineyard. Fearing his younger brother has been talked into a poor agreement by attractive real estate broker Margo De La Vera, Regan knows he can get a lot more money for his family's award-winning Napa Hills winery. Regan soon learns that Claire was responsible for drafting the details of the proposed merger, and realizes that he will need her help to achieve a better financial deal for his family. He is suspicious of the motives of the prospective buyer, Jean-Marc Bernier. To impress Bernier, he takes Claire to a makeover spa and provides her with expensive stylish clothes, transforming the unassuming paralegal into a glamorous woman. Denny and Margo are both impressed and surprised by her transformation. Regan explains to Claire that the sultry Margo has Denny unwilling to hold out for more money, having convinced him that Bernier is the only buyer. Regan proposes a plan to Claire to get his brother away from Margo's influence and more open to his own plan. He intends on using Denny's competitive nature to his advantage by pretending to be in love with Claire, which he knows will turn Denny's attention away from Margo and to Claire. Denny walks in just in time to see them kiss, and they begin their charade. Claire and Regan continue to investigate Bernier's background and conclude that Bernier intends to bottle cheap wine from his other holdings with the Napa Hill label. As their charade continues, Claire begins to fall in love with Regan, especially after seeing how well he gets along with Sean. Meanwhile, Denny grows increasingly jealous seeing his brother with Claire. When Regan leaves town for a few days, Denny asks Claire to dinner at his place. During the romantic dinner, Regan shows up unexpectedly and rushes her off to work on the negotiations—clearly jealous. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diamond Girl (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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