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''The Place Beyond the Pines'' is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by Derek Cianfrance and written by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, and Darius Marder. It stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, and Dane DeHaan, with Ben Mendelsohn, Rose Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Bruce Greenwood, Harris Yulin, and Ray Liotta in supporting roles. The film reunites Cianfrance and Gosling, who worked together on 2010's ''Blue Valentine''. The film was scored by Mike Patton and also featured previously written music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The title is the English meaning of the city of Schenectady, New York, which is derived loosely from a Mohawk word for "place beyond the pine plains."〔Pearson, Jonathan. ("A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times" ). ''SchenectadyHistory.org''. July 30, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2009.〕 ==Plot== In 1997, Luke Glanton is a locally well-known motorcycle stuntman working in a traveling act for state fairs. During a fair in Schenectady, New York, Luke reunites with his ex-lover Romina Gutierrez and drives her home. He asks her out on a date, but she declines, as she has become involved with another man named Kofi Kancam. A year later, Luke returns to discover he has a baby son with Romina, whom he got pregnant the previous year. Luke does not want his son to grow up without ever knowing who his father was, as he himself suffered the same fate. Luke quits his job to support Romina and their son, but Romina is reluctant to have him in their son's life. They all get ice cream together, but Romina is sad. Luke turns to Robin Van Der Hook, an auto repair shop owner, for part-time employment as he repeatedly attempts to insert himself into his son's life. Earning little, Luke asks Robin for more money so he can contribute to his son's care. Robin reveals he was once a bank robber and offers to partner with Luke in hitting several local banks. They perform several successful heists, in which Luke does the robbery, then uses his motorbike as a getaway vehicle and drives it up a ramp into an unmarked truck driven by Robin. Luke uses his share of the money to win back Romina's trust and visits her and his son more often. Kofi objects to his presence and the two get into a fight at Kofi's house, resulting in Luke's arrest after he hits Kofi in the head with a pair of pliers. Romina files a restraining order against Luke, vowing that he will never see his son again. After Robin bails him out of jail, Luke insists on resuming their bank robberies. Robin objects, not wanting to press their luck, and the two have a falling-out that results in Robin dismantling the motorbike and Luke, at gunpoint, taking back the bail money he had repaid Robin. Luke attempts to rob a bank alone and is pursued by police. He falls off his bike during the chase and seeks refuge in a single-family house, where he is pursued by Police Officer Avery Cross. Luke corners himself upstairs and calls Romina. Just before Avery confronts him, Luke asks Romina not to tell their child about who he was. Avery enters the room and the two exchange bullets as Luke falls backwards out of the second-story window. Avery looks out the window to find Luke dead on the pavement. Avery gains hero status after his take down of Luke. Avery feels remorse about shooting Luke, especially as Avery's fellow officers Scotty and Deluca illegally seize the stolen money from Romina's home and give him the lion's share in honor of his new found hero status. He later attempts to return the money to Romina, but she rejects his offer. Avery eventually tries to turn the money in to the chief of police, who dismisses him, wishing not to get involved. Following the advice of his father, a retired judge, Avery records a fellow officer asking him to remove cocaine from the evidence locker Avery is supervising for use in a separate case. Avery uses the recording to expose the illegal practices in the police department and pressures the district attorney to hire him as assistant district attorney. Fifteen years later, Avery is running for public office and has to deal with his now-teenage son A. J., who has gotten into trouble with drugs. Avery has separated from his wife Jennifer and agrees to take A. J. into his home. A. J. transfers into the high school in Schenectady. There, A. J. befriends a boy named Jason Kancam; neither A. J. nor Jason knows that Jason is Luke's son. The two are arrested for felony drug possession, and when Avery is called in to pick up his son, he recognizes Jason's name. He uses his influence to get Jason's charge dropped to a misdemeanor and orders A. J. to stay away from Jason, but the boys continue to talk. Jason seeks the truth about his biological father, whom Romina refuses to discuss with him. Kofi, who now has a daughter with Romina, finally tells Jason his father's name. Jason discovers Luke's past on the Internet. He visits Robin's auto shop, and Robin tells Jason more about Luke, including his superior motorbiking skills. Robin shows Jason a newspaper article with a photo of his father and the officer who killed him. Back in school, A. J. invites Jason over to his house for a party and guilt-trips him into stealing Oxycontin for the party. Jason eventually gives in to A. J., and arrives with the drugs after stealing them from a pharmacy. At the house, Jason sees a framed photograph of Avery and realizes that A. J.'s father is the man who killed his own father. Jason is hospitalized after A. J. beats him to a pulp. Romina shows up at Jason's bedside, only to be scolded when Jason regains consciousness. The next morning, Jason breaks into the Cross family home and beats A. J. at gunpoint. When Avery arrives, Jason takes him hostage and orders him to drive into the woods. Although Jason had intended to kill Avery, he reconsiders after Avery apologizes for killing Jason's father. Jason takes Avery's wallet from his jacket and leaves. In the wallet, Jason finds a photo of himself as a baby with his parents, which Avery had stolen from the evidence locker. The police take Avery home, where he finds EMTs treating A. J.'s wounds. Sometime later, Avery wins his bid for New York Attorney General, with A. J. at his side. Romina receives an envelope addressed to "Mom" with the old photograph of Jason with Luke and herself. Jason disowns his mother, stepfather, and half-sister and leaves home. He buys a motorbike, reminiscent of his father's, and heads west, presumably intending to start anew. In doing so, a generations-old cycle repeats. 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 Place Beyond the Pines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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