Cinderella (Cinderella )
Directed by: Kenneth BranaghCast list: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Holliday Grainger, Sophie McShera, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, Stellan Skarsgård
Country: USA
Year: 2015
Genres: Romantic / Fantasy /
Runtime: 105 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version in English with Spanish subtitles
The story of "Cinderella" follows the fortunes of young Ella whose merchant father remarries following the tragic death of her mother. Keen to support her loving father, Ella welcomes her new stepmother Lady Tremaine and her daughters Anastasia and Drizella into the family home. But, when Ella's father suddenly and unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family. Finally relegated to nothing more than a servant girl covered in ashes, and spitefully renamed Cinderella since she used to work in the cinders, Ella could easily begin to lose hope. Yet, despite the cruelty inflicted upon her, Ella is determined to honor her mother's dying words and to "have courage and be kind." She will not give in to despair nor despise those who abuse her. And then there is the dashing stranger she meets in the woods. Unaware that he is really a prince, not merely an employee at the Palace, Ella finally feels she has met a kindred soul.
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Subjects: English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Literature /
Topics: education in human values / women (and/or violence against women) / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
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