Alright, so this year for my A2 Spanish exam I've got to do a presentation on a Spanish film. Now the tutor's recommended Pan's Labyrinth and while that's a brilliant movie, I don't wanna be one of 20 people doing their presentation on it, simply because the examiner would have heard it all before and it's easier to get bad marks since he/she can compare it with other Pan's Labyrinth presentations. I was considering doing The Devil's Backbone (which is also by Guillermo del Toro) which is considered to be a kind-of prequel to Pan's Labyrinth, but I want to get a good scope of Spanish theatre. I'm also considering some of Almodóvar's stuff but I'm really not sure what? If any of you could list any really good Spanish films (dialogue has to be completely Spanish so it could be Mexican films, Puerto Rican films, Cuban films, etc. etc.), I'd be grateful.
Same also goes for French. Now while I am French, I am clueless as to what film to talk about in my oral exam. Obvious one is Amélie, but I don't want to do that one (though it is good) because again, 20 or so people will be doing that. I was considering À Bout de Souffle but I don't really know that much about it and am not confident in my ability with it. In class we are studying two films -- one of them is called La Haine and the other is Les Choristes, which we are not allowed to talk about in the exam. I was considering Beau Père and Le Souffle au Cœur but the themes seem too heavy (incest/paedophilia) and it's not something I wanna crush my chances of getting high marks with.
Films must have English subtitles.
Here are the films I am not going to be doing:
Name
| |
Lang
| |
Director
Pan's Labyrinth || Spanish || Guillermo del Toro
The Orphanage || Spanish || Juan Antonio Bayona
Beau Père || French || Bertrand Blier
Le Souffle au Cœur || French || Louis Malle
La Haine || French || Mathieu Kassovitz
Les Choristes || French || Christophe Barratier
El Bola || Spanish || Achero Mañas
Amélie || French || Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Dreamers || English || Bernardo Bertolucci
Here are films I am considering doing:
Name
||
Lang
||
Director
The Devil's Backbone || Spanish || Guillermo del Toro
Los Olvidados || Spanish || Luis Buñuel
Viridiana || Spanish || Luis Buñuel
À Bout de Souffle || French || Jean-Luc Godard
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon || French || Jean-Dominique Bauby
Aurore || French || Luc Dionne
Y Tu Mamá También || Spanish || Alfonso Cuarón
Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles || French || Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Le Ballon Rouge || French || Albert Lamorisse
Les Bons Débarras || French || Francis Mankiewicz
L'Auberge Espagnole || French || Cédric Klapisch
Please note that these tables will change quite frequently. I'll be watching up to two movies from the 'considered list' every weekend and some of them may be moved into the 'not doing' list.
Thanks a lot.
Same also goes for French. Now while I am French, I am clueless as to what film to talk about in my oral exam. Obvious one is Amélie, but I don't want to do that one (though it is good) because again, 20 or so people will be doing that. I was considering À Bout de Souffle but I don't really know that much about it and am not confident in my ability with it. In class we are studying two films -- one of them is called La Haine and the other is Les Choristes, which we are not allowed to talk about in the exam. I was considering Beau Père and Le Souffle au Cœur but the themes seem too heavy (incest/paedophilia) and it's not something I wanna crush my chances of getting high marks with.
Films must have English subtitles.
Here are the films I am not going to be doing:
Pan's Labyrinth || Spanish || Guillermo del Toro
The Orphanage || Spanish || Juan Antonio Bayona
Beau Père || French || Bertrand Blier
Le Souffle au Cœur || French || Louis Malle
La Haine || French || Mathieu Kassovitz
Les Choristes || French || Christophe Barratier
El Bola || Spanish || Achero Mañas
Amélie || French || Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Dreamers || English || Bernardo Bertolucci
Here are films I am considering doing:
The Devil's Backbone || Spanish || Guillermo del Toro
Los Olvidados || Spanish || Luis Buñuel
Viridiana || Spanish || Luis Buñuel
À Bout de Souffle || French || Jean-Luc Godard
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon || French || Jean-Dominique Bauby
Aurore || French || Luc Dionne
Y Tu Mamá También || Spanish || Alfonso Cuarón
Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles || French || Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Le Ballon Rouge || French || Albert Lamorisse
Les Bons Débarras || French || Francis Mankiewicz
L'Auberge Espagnole || French || Cédric Klapisch
Please note that these tables will change quite frequently. I'll be watching up to two movies from the 'considered list' every weekend and some of them may be moved into the 'not doing' list.
Thanks a lot.
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