DISCUSSION ABOUT "QUE TAN LEJOS"
Get into a group according to the topic (geography, history, economy, and politics) you have researched the most. Does the film address your specific topic in any way? Provide specific examples of scenes or dialogues.
Each group will present
PowerPoint
What topics could you ask your students to research about before the film?
9:50 – 10:05 Brief Review
General aspects
Were there any Questions about the film?
General Questions (5 minutes to discuss per group)
1.What does the title mean in relation to the film as a whole?
2.What space/place is chosen for the film? Why?
3.How can you summarize the plot of the movie?
4.How is the story being constructed?
5.Why does the film start in the way that it does?
6.Why does the film finish in the way that it does?
10:05 – 10:15
PERSPECTIVES- CONTRASTS – SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
Two main female characters--- Tristeza (Sadness) -María Teresa –Maria T-(Cecilia Vallejo) & Esperanza (Hope) (Tania Martinez)
1.How would you describe their origin/nationality, upbringing, ethnicity, age, socio-economic class, education, appearance & personality?
Two main male characters--- Jesus (Francisco Aguirre) & Andrés (Fausto Miño)
2.How would you describe their origin/nationality, up-bringing, ethnicity, age, socio-economic class, education, appearance & personality?
Canción Sin Embargo
Canción de Hombres
Canción Some Time OK
Canción Algo Así
10:15 – 10:30
About the female and male characters
3. (What do we get to know about these characters?) How do we get to know these characters (words, acts, attitudes, relations, reactions)?
4.After having this info about the main characters, what kind of insight of the culture/people do you think this film is giving us? In other words, what universe is it talking about? (not to generalize)
5.Do different characters use different kinds of languages? (optional)
6.What brings these characters together? How do they complement each other? (optional)
10:30 – 11:00
CULTURE ---
7. Pick one scene about the film and analyze it
(i.e. scenes - María Teresa at the bus station with the street vendor (chewing gum) Tristeza & Esperanza at the bus talking to the mother & daughter seating behind them, 2 journalists & Tristeza & Esperanza when they decide to find their own way to get to their destiny
8. What do we get to know about the culture through the film? How much do we get to understand the culture through this film? What does it exclude us from understanding it if we have not been or lived in Ecuador?
9.Do you think the film is criticizing certain cultural issues? Explain no/yes. If so, which ones? How?
How would you use this film in the classroom? What would be your learning goals?
How different would this film be if it would have been made in Mexico or the United States? How different would it be if it would have produced by a male producer & director?