Film commentary: The Hedgehog Complex
A very nice short film to learn to live together and not to make fun of others.A message of hope for children looking for a soul mate.
Rejection, withdrawal, lack of self-confidence, the tribulations of a young female hedgehog.
Hedgehogs are reputed to be fearful animals and the short film is also an opportunity to talk to children about the most fearful or, on the contrary, the most courageous and daring animals.
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: The Hedgehog Complex.Questioning the film: The Hedgehog Complex
Understand the story, the theme, express your sensibility and exercise your critical mind."Think about it! - The one who is punished is no longer the one who committed the action.
Aurora, Friedrich Nietzsche (1881)
"An injustice is nothing, if you manage to forget it"
Confucius (551-479 BC)C.)
"It is not injustice itself that hurts us, it is being the object of it."
Pierre Nicole (1625-1695)
1 What happens at the beginning of the film?
A little girl is teased by her friends.
2 Who is the character we see in the following scenes?
She isthe little girl at the beginning of the film who has grown up and is now a young woman.
3 What do you notice in the different scenes of the young woman's life (from 22 secs to 1 min 12 secs)?
We sense that the young woman does not feel very confident, she is very shy.
4 Do you see a connection between the scene at the beginning when the young woman was a child and her behaviour in her adult life?
The setting encourages us to associate the young woman's lack of self-confidence with the mockery she endured when she was younger.
5 In the 1:21 frame, a little girl is having fun scaring the young woman.What happens?
This takes the young woman back several years and reminds her of the many bullying incidents she has suffered, so she rolls up and falls into a bush where she finds a young man who looks like her.Perhaps the beginning of a beautiful love story?
6 What do you think about making fun of others? Why can it be very serious?
Open answer / debate.
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Created with the support of the Ministry of Education and the CNC.Family viewing of the film, educational activities with parents at home and with teachers in class.
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