Life of Pi (Life of Pi)
Directed by: Ang LeeCast list: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Adil Hussain, Gérard Depardieu
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Genres: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy /
Runtime: 127 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: English version with subtitles in Spanish
Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, is a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zoo keeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter. After a shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a 26-foot lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, all fighting for survival.
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Subjects: English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Religion / Natural Science / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / animal world and pets / death and grief /
Related News
Links
Interview with Ang Lee, director of the film (English audio)Life of Pi. A novel by Yann Martel
Making of the film (audio in English)
How to Survive if Lost at Sea (text in English)
Tiger. Information in Nature magazine
Joanna Bush's illustrations for the movie
Lullaby. English and Tamil lyrics
Read the whole novel online
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