Trouble at Timpetill (Les enfants de Timpelbach)
Directed by: Nicolas BaryCast list: Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Armelle, Raphaël Katz, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Country: France, Luxemburg
Year: 2008
Genres: Adventure / Fantasy /
Runtime: 95 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Versió doblada al català
The film is based on a Henry Winterfeld book. In the small village of Timpelbach, the children play multiple jokes and nasty tricks. The victims are other children and most of all, the parents. Overwrought, they decide to leave the village for what they think will only be one day. But on the way back, they are taken prisoner by a group of soldiers. In Timpelbach, the news of a village without parents makes Oscar and his gang of thugs happy! A few daredevils decide to side with Manfred and Marianne to regain control of the village.
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Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
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