sexta-feira, 27 de setembro de 2013

How do student's feel when they have to write?
How do we go about the process? 

Today we were able to browse through some websites with film reviews and select lexical chunks. We literally sat on the student's chair! Wonderful. Here is my film review. The underlined parts were chunks I previously selected and by re-contextualizing placed carefully in my piece of writing. Hope you enjoy it. 

I certainly did......

Intouchables unveils an astoundingly fresh approach to stereotypes

Based on a true story, this laughter-packed non-English film is a pleasure for those who want something different from the regular Hollywood-like films. This is the most striking film about disability I have ever watched. It pictures an odd-couple friendship between Phillipe (François Cluzet), a rich, handsome, cultivated quadriplegic, and his new carer, Driss (Omar Sy).

Driss (Omar Sy), an intelligent, charismatic, uneducated young working-class West African who has done time for robbery finds himself in desperate need of a job. When he applies for a caretaker’s vacancy he tries to impress with his natural wittiness. And so he does. Not only is his employer attracted to his naïve approach to life but also to the fact that Driss doesn’t have any prejudice whatsoever when it comes to the disabled. In other words, Driss treats Phillipe as he would treat any other person. Philippe’s household is completely changed by the coming of Driss.

The city of lights, Paris, was chosen to offer even more pleasure to the viewer; therefore it is really a joy to the eye. Realistic shots filled with real emotion, wrinkles and smiles play an important part when showing the no-nonsense approach the makers have clearly chosen.  

With an amazingly bold dose of humour does the film unfold towards a more serious underlying reality of fear and desire which all human beings experience. The contrasting physical appearance of the main characters and their equally human desires become evident. A must-see film in which chuckle and tissue sit side by side.  
Juliette Gaasenbeek

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