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Arts and Entertainment:
Sample answers
Task 1 (5 marks)
- In what way is the title of this film misleading? (2 marks)
- La veuve means “widow” in English, therefore the viewers might think they were watching a film about a woman from Saint-Pierre who lost her husband. However, in this film la veuve is the guillotine, an instrument used to behead people.
- La veuve means “widow” in English, therefore the viewers might think they were watching a film about a woman from Saint-Pierre who lost her husband. However, in this film la veuve is the guillotine, an instrument used to behead people.
- What problem do the people of Saint-Pierre face? (2 marks)
- A murderer Neel Auguste is condemned to death by guillotine because he killed a man whilst drunk…un homme est assassiné par un autre qui a beaucoup trop bu…
- However, the guillotine will take months to get to Saint-Pierre from France
(l'attente risque d'être longue…) and during that time Neel becomes a very popular man on the island by helping everyone. (…se rend indispensable et devient l'homme le plus populaire de l'île). - When the guillotine arrives, the people of Saint-Pierre are very reluctant to behead someone they have come to really like but justice must be done… Justice doit être faite.
- However, the guillotine will take months to get to Saint-Pierre from France
- A murderer Neel Auguste is condemned to death by guillotine because he killed a man whilst drunk…un homme est assassiné par un autre qui a beaucoup trop bu…
- How is the end of the film relevant to our times? (1 mark)
- This film raises significant questions regarding the death penalty and will obviously make people reflect about ending a person’s life so justice is seen to be done. (…Elle soulève des questions importantes en ce qui concerne la peine de mort).
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