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''Summer with the Ghosts'' is a 2004 film by La Fète and Sterling Entertainment, and is part of the ''Tales for All (Contes Pour Tous)'' series of family movies. It is a fantasy/adventure/comedy, focusing on the holiday of a ten-year-old girl called Caroline, who has come to attend her father's film-making of a perimedieval romance. ==Plot Synopsis== Upon arriving in Austria, Caroline meets her father and his crew, which include the ubiquitous director's assistant Marcus, the irascible sound manager Steven, and the aged, gentle special effects manager Otto. These, among others, have come to Austria to make the film against the backdrop of a long-historied castle. While exploring this castle, Caroline meets and befriends a boy called Iakob and his dog Hannibal; who in turn introduce her to the castle's community of ghosts. These ghosts are variously the animated memories of the castle's deceased inhabitants or spirits of the nearby forest. All are longtime friends of Iakob. Shortly after Caroline's introduction to the Ghosts, Otto's equipment begins to malfunction during the filming of crucial scenes. Iakob suspects the Ghosts; he and Caroline investigate, accompanied by Otto. At a lake, they learn that the Nuns (the ghosts of heiresses consigned to the convent) have sabotaged Otto's tools so as to avoid being disturbed by them. To prevent such trouble without mitigating the film-making, Caroline and Iakob arrange for the relocation of the set to another courtyard, which is larger and better situated. Later, more trouble arises. A rooster living in the castle is in the habit of crowing every day at a particular hour; the Nuns depend on this for knowledge of when to wake and when to sleep. Without the rooster's crow, the Nuns would wake at the wrong hour and be disintegrated by the sunlight. Because the crowing interferes with the film's sound effects, sound manager Steven attempts to remove or kill the rooster; whereupon Caroline and Iakob endeavour to keep the rooster safe without allowing him to cause trouble. More trouble arises when a group of boys with whom Iakob habitually plays sports envy his attention to Caroline. To punish Iakob, these boys distract Caroline, seize Iakob, and imprison him in a shed. Caroline, offended at being left alone, returns without investigation. Sometime after nightfall, Iakob is discovered by Hannibal, who overcomes a strong fear of ghosts to solicit help from the Nuns. During the next day, Caroline refuses any contact with Iakob, believing that he was a willing participant in the plot. Iakob, uncertain of what he must do, visits the Nuns and asks for help. Initially, the Nuns reject his request; but Amalia, the eldest Nun, visits Caroline and leaves with her a scrying mirror. Looking into this mirror, Caroline sees the truth of the earlier events and consequently forgives Iakob. Later, Caroline and Iakob notice that an unusual number of near-fatal accidents are occurring to Otto. Suspecting the ghosts of mischief, they confront the Nuns, who confess to desiring to kill Otto so that he may remain in the castle as a ghost. Iakob dissuades them, saying that even if Otto becomes a ghost, he will not forgive the Nuns for arranging his death. On the night before Caroline's departure, the ghosts invite Caroline, Otto, Lakob, and Hannibal to a farewell party. In the courtyard, the whole community of ghosts and spirits stand as if on a stage and recite a poem that evidently they have composed for the occasion; "We are standing here, Where we belong, Singing to you A good-bye song, For Caroline... and Otto." Having sung this repeatedly, with variations, the ghosts descend their platform and begin to dance. Otto, Caroline, and Iakob join in. Caroline thereafter makes another farewell to Iakob in the morning; and he, in turn, watches from the castle's wall as she departs. 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「Summer with the Ghosts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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