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Butterfly's Tongue

Directed by: José Luis Cuerda
Cast list: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manuel Lozano, Uxía Blanco
Country: Spain
Year: 1999
Genres: Drama.
Runtime: 99 min.
Languages available on DVD and /or Blue Ray: Spanish, Others.

For Moncho, it's an idyllic year: he starts school, he has a wonderful teacher, he makes a friend in Roque, he begins to figure out some of the mysteries of Eros, and, with his older brother, a budding saxophone player, he makes a trip with the band from their town in Galicia. But it's also the year that the Spanish Republic comes under fire from Fascist rebels. Moncho's father is a Republican as is the aging teacher, Don Gregorio. As power falls clearly to one side, the forces of fear, violence, and betrayal alter profoundly what should be the pleasure of coming of age.

 

 



Educational Grades: Secondary school, 14 to 16 / Sixth form college / Further education / Further Edu, mature students / Higher Education.

Subjects: Spanish language and literature / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / History.

Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems.


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