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''The Darjeeling Limited'' is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman. It was written by Anderson, Schwartzman, and Roman Coppola. The film also features Waris Ahluwalia, Amara Karan, Barbet Schroeder, and Anjelica Huston, with Natalie Portman, Camilla Rutherford, Irrfan Khan and Bill Murray in cameo roles. ==Plot== A businessman in India (Bill Murray) fails to catch his train as it pulls out of a station. He is beaten to it by a younger man, Peter Whitman (Adrien Brody). Peter reunites with his brothers Francis (Owen Wilson) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman) on the train called "The Darjeeling Limited", which is traveling across India. The brothers have not seen each other since their father's funeral a year prior. Francis has planned their journey in advance. The journey is supposed to culminate in a reunion with their mother (Anjelica Huston), but Francis tells his brothers that they are making the journey for spiritual self-discovery. He tells them of a motorcycle crash he was in, explaining the bandages on his head. He says he wants to reconnect with his brothers; Jack and Peter are not convinced of this, and get annoyed with Francis' controlling behavior, such as ordering food for them. The three mistrust one another, with each hiding some secret: Jack, the youngest, is obsessed with his ex-girlfriend and plans to leave the trip early; Peter is hiding the fact that his wife is seven months pregnant; Francis, the oldest is hiding the true purpose of the journey. With the help of his assistant Brendan, Francis draws up a strict itinerary for the trip and takes his brothers' passports to prevent them from getting off the train too early. Jack, an author, has written a short story which is similar to his own life, although he denies the similarities. At every train stop, he listens to the messages on his ex-girlfriend's answering machine. Moreover, he has a fling with the train's stewardess Rita (Amara Karan). Peter has been taking and keeping many of his late father's personal possessions (his glasses, his keys), and justifies this by claiming that he was their father's favorite. His wife, Alice (Camilla Rutherford), is expecting a baby, but Peter assumes that their relationship will end in divorce, despite acknowledging that they love each other. In their trips through the Indian provinces, Peter buys a cobra, which later escapes from its transport container, in their compartment. This escape results in the brothers being confined to their cabins in the train. Francis eventually reveals, following an epiphany, that they are on the way to see their mother, who is living as a nun in a convent in the foothills of the Himalayas. Peter and Jack are not pleased, with the former accusing Francis of knowing that they wouldn't have come to India had they known the true purpose of their journey. Francis and Peter shortly after get into a fight over the latter taking their father's things, and Jack maces them in an attempt to stop the fight. During the struggle, Jack ends up breaking through a glass door. The train's Chief Steward (Waris Ahluwalia), whom the three brothers have repeatedly annoyed, throws the three of them off the train with all their luggage, their father's eleven monogrammed suitcases and bags. Francis also alienates Brendan by making fun of his alopecia, who quits, getting back on the train after giving Francis a letter from their mother. Jack is sad to leave Rita; she asks him what is wrong with him, and he replies that he is "not sure" and will "tell her the next time he sees her". In her letter, their mother asks that they don't visit her, and return in the Spring, citing a number of vague reasons. The brothers decide to leave India, go their separate ways, and never return. On their way back to civilization, the brothers see three young boys fall into a river while attempting to pull a raft across it. Jack and Francis rescue two of the boys, but Peter fails to save the third, who dies. This affects Peter deeply. In the boys' small village, the three brothers spend the night and are befriended by the villagers. The next day, they attend the boy's funeral. In a flashback, the three brothers and Alice are on their way to the funeral of the brothers' father. They stop to pick up their father's Porsche from the repair shop, but the car is not ready. It is revealed that their father's death was a result of him getting hit by a taxi, and that their mother did not attend the funeral. Jack forgoes the funeral and impulsively skips town for Paris. Back in the present, the brothers get on a bus, which takes them from the village to the airport. At the airport, each makes a phone call: Francis attempts to rehire Brendan; Peter calls Alice (whom he had not told he was going to India) and learns that their child is to be a boy; Jack learns that his ex-girlfriend is going to meet him in Italy. Before boarding the plane, they rip up their tickets and decide to go visit their mother regardless. The reunion is very emotional and she is surprised but happy to see them. Francis offhandedly reveals that his motorcycle accident was, in fact, a suicide attempt. Their mother shows the same controlling behavior as Francis, deciding on their individual breakfasts for them. A dream sequence shows the various characters of the film aboard a train. Upon waking the next morning, the three brothers find that their mother has left, after leaving them their breakfasts. The sisters inform them that she "goes away" sometimes. They decide not to wait for her to return. On the way to the train station, Jack reads the ending of his newest short story (which mimics the closing lines of ''Hotel Chevalier'') and finally accepts that it is based on his own life; he also states that he will not be going to Italy to meet his ex-girlfriend. At the station, the three brothers run for another luxury train called "Bengal Lancer" and gleefully discard all their father's suitcases and bags on the railway platform as they run after the departing train. On board, Francis wants to give the passports back to his brothers, but the brothers decide that the passports are safer with him. 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「The Darjeeling Limited」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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