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CITY OF EMBER (City of Ember)
Directed by: Gil KenanCast list: Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Murray
Country: USA
Year: 2008
Genres: Adventure / Fantasy.
Runtime: 95 min.
Languages available on DVD and /or Blue Ray: Catalan, Spanish, Euskera, English.
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have languished in a world of artificial lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing ... and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, and help the citizens escape before the lights go out forever.
Educational Grades: Upper Primary school / Secondary school, 12 to 14.
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Spanish language and literature / English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Natural Science / Design and Technology / Physics and Chemistry / Basque language.
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / ecology, environment, sustainability / film adaptation of literary or graphic work.