The Princess and the Frog



Story
チェック:アメリカ・ニューオーリンズを舞台に、ひたむきに夢を追う女性とカエルの姿に変えられた王子とのラブ・ストーリーを描くロマンチックなミュージカル・アニメ。監督は、『アラジン』『リトル・マーメイド/人魚姫』のジョン・マスカーとロン・クレメンツ。ヒロインの声を担当するのは、『ドリームガールズ』でメンバーの一人を演じたアニカ・ノニ・ローズ。リズミカルな音楽と真実の愛を説くストーリーが、心を高揚させてくれる。

ストーリー:いつの日が自分の手で夢を実現させたいと願う女性、ティアナ。ある日、ティアナの前に、言葉を話す一匹のカエルが現れる。かつて王子だったころ、のろいによって姿を変えられてしまったと語るカエル。そして、魔法を解くためにキスしてほしいとティアナに告げるのだが……。


In 1912 New Orleans, a woman is reading a story to her daughter, Tiana, and her daughter's friend, Charlotte La Bouff, about the Frog Prince. Charlotte finds the story romantic, while Tiana proclaims she would never kiss a frog. By 1926 Tiana has become a young woman who works two jobs so she can save money to start her own restaurant.

Elsewhere, Prince Naveen of Maldonia arrives in New Orleans determined to better his financial situation. After being cut off by his parents, Naveen wants to marry a rich southern belle. Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff, Charlotte's father, is hosting a masquerade ball in Naveen's honor. Charlotte hires Tiana to make beignets for the ball, giving her enough money to buy an old sugar mill to convert into her restaurant.

Meanwhile, Naveen and his valet Lawrence run into Dr. Facilier, a voodoo witch doctor. Facilier convinces the pair he can make their dreams come true. However, neither man gets what he's expecting; Naveen becomes a frog, while Lawrence is given a voodoo charm that makes him look like Naveen. Facilier intends for Lawrence to marry Charlotte, after which he will kill Big Daddy La Bouff and claim his fortune.

At the ball, Charlotte flirts with "Naveen" as Tiana learns she may lose the mill to a higher bidder. After her costume is accidentally ruined, Charlotte gives Tiana a princess costume and a tiara. After Charlotte returns to the party, Tiana makes a wish on the Evening Star, only to find a frog sitting next to her. The frog is Naveen, who asks Tiana to kiss him and break Facilier's curse. Tiana agrees, in exchange for the money needed to outbid the other buyer. However, instead of Naveen turning into a human, Tiana is turned into a frog herself.

The pair escape to a bayou, where they encounter Louis, a trumpet-playing alligator who longs to be human, and Ray, a Cajun firefly who longs for a sparkling light he calls Evangeline. Louis and Ray offer to lead them to the good voodoo priestess Mama Odie, who can undo the curse. Along the way, Tiana and Naveen develop feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Facilier makes a deal with the voodoo spirits, offering them the souls of the people of New Orleans in exchange for finding Naveen. Mama Odie tells the frogs that Naveen must kiss a princess for them to become human. Tiana and her friends return to New Orleans to find Charlotte. Naveen tells Ray he loves Tiana and is willing to give up his dreams for her, but before he can tell her himself, he is taken by the demons and brought back to Facilier.

After Ray tells Tiana that Naveen truly loves her, Tiana goes to the Mardi Gras parade to find "Naveen" marrying Charlotte. Tiana escapes to a graveyard, while Ray and Louis are able to rescue the real Naveen and steal the charm. Ray finds Tiana and gives her the charm and attempts to hold off the demons so she can escape, but Dr. Facilier mortally wounds him. Facilier confronts Tiana and offers to make her restaurant dream come true in exchange for the charm. Tiana refuses and snatches the charm from Facilier and destroys it. The angered spirits claim Facilier himself as payment for his debts and drag him into their world.

Naveen is explaining the situation to a bewildered Charlotte when Tiana finds them both. Tiana reveals that she loves Naveen and would spend the rest of her days as a frog to be with him. Charlotte says she will kiss Naveen so he and Tiana can be together. Unfortunately, Mardi Gras ends and the clock strikes midnight before she can kiss him. Louis then meets up with the frogs, holding a dying Ray in his hands. Despite what happened, Ray shows happiness for the two before he dies. A funeral is held for Ray, after which another star shines brightly next to "Evangeline."

Content to live together as frogs, Tiana and Naveen are wed by Mama Odie. As they kiss, they are turned into humans, because through their marriage, Tiana is now a princess. The two return to New Orleans where everyone celebrates the wedding, and Tiana and Naveen finally buy the restaurant. "Tiana's Palace" holds a gala opening, underneath the two shining Evening Stars.


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