Recommended for: AS/A2 and equivalent level French
Capacity: 158 places
This study day will address the theme of history and representation of war in film. It will introduce the notion of memory as we commemorate the First World War Centenary this year.
Isabelle Vanderschelden will introduce the film in French, providing relevant historical and contextual information as well as key vocabulary.
The screening will be followed after lunch by a series of language exercises in French on the film, its characters and the style of Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Themes discussed during the session will include childhood, relationships and the heritage film genre. The session will also include a short overview of digital special effects in recent French cinema.
Screening: Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles (15) (A Very Long Engagement)
Dir Jean-Pierre Jeunet / France 2004 /133 mins / In French with English Subtitles/ Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, André Dussollier, Ticky Holgado, Marion Cotillard
In 1919, after the end of World War One, a young girl, Mathilde is waiting for her fiancé, Manech to return from the war. Though she has been told he was killed on the battlefield, she refuses to accept that he is dead and instead starts her own relentless search to find him.
Projector MFL is supported by Routes into Languages North West at Manchester Metropolitan University.
