Little World (Món Petit)
Directed by: Marcel BarrenaCast list:
Country: Spain
Year: 2012
Genres: Adventure / Documentary / Biographical /
Runtime: 84 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Catalan version
Nowadays Albert Casals is 22 years old. When he was 5, doctors diagnosed Albert leukemia and the strong medication he had to undergo to beat the problem caused him paraplegia. Since then he moves around on a wheelchair. The film shows the journey that Albert Casals and his girlfriend Anna Socías do to get to the East Cape lighthouse in Auckland, New Zealand, the farthest point of our planet from his home in Barcelona.
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Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / medicine, health / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships /
Related News
Links
Little World. Interview with the protagonists of the documentaryAlbert Casals' Journey Towards Happiness. El Periódico.com (in Spanish)
Interview with Marcel Barrena, the director of the film (in Catalan)
Little World, to Infinity and Beyond. Fotogramas.es (in Spanish)
Dossier for students. Book: The World on Wheels (texts in Catalan)
Dossier for teachers. Book: The World on Wheels (in Catalan)
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