ドキュメンタリー監督の藤野知明が、統合失調症の症状が現れた姉と、彼女を精神科の受診から遠ざけた両親の姿を20年にわたって自ら記録したドキュメンタリー。 面倒見がよく優秀な8歳上の姉。両親の影響から医師を目指して医学部に進学した彼女が、ある日突然、事実とは思えないことを叫びだした。統合失調症が疑われたが、医師で研究者でもある父と母は病気だと認めず、精神科の受診から彼女を遠ざける。その判断に疑問を感じた藤野監督は両親を説得するものの解決には至らず、わだかまりを抱えたまま実家を離れる。 姉の発症から18年後、映像制作を学んだ藤野監督は帰省するたびに家族の様子を記録するように。一家全員での外出や食卓の風景にカメラを向けながら両親と対話を重ね、姉に声をかけ続けるが、状況はさらに悪化。ついに両親は玄関に鎖と南京錠をかけて姉を閉じ込めるようになってしまう。

Documentary filmmaker Tomoaki Fujino records over 20 years the story of his older sister, who began showing symptoms of schizophrenia, and his parents, who kept her from seeing a psychiatrist. His sister, eight years older, was caring and excellent. Influenced by their parents, she entered medical school to become a doctor. One day, she suddenly started screaming things that weren't true. Schizophrenia was suspected, but her parents—a doctor and a researcher—refused to acknowledge the illness and kept her away from psychiatric care. Doubting their judgment, Fujino tried to persuade them but failed, and left home with a lingering sense of unease. Eighteen years after his sister's onset, Fujino, having studied filmmaking, began recording his family's life whenever he visited home. He filmed family outings and dinner scenes, engaged his parents in conversation, and kept talking to his sister, but her condition worsened. Eventually, his parents installed a chain and padlock on the front door to confine her inside.

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