CRASH

STEP 1: THE TITLE: CRASH

I think the title is "Crash" because the film start with a car crash

STEP 2: THE OPENING MONOLOGUE

1. (2.51 – 5.54) Read the opening monologue.

 

Graham has just crashed.  The car is now stopped.  This is what he says: “It's the sense of touch. Any real city, you walk, you know?, you brush past people. People bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you.  We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just so that we can feel something.”  

 1.1.*Discuss the meaning of these words.  

1.2.*How do you think the woman sitting right next to him (the driver) is going to respond to this?  

 I think the man doesn't expect an answer

 1.3.The woman sitting next to Graham leaves the car and goes to where the police officer and the other driver are.  What kind of problem do you perceive in the conversation you hear?  Choose one and explain. -       an age gap problem -       a racial issue -       tension due to unsolved problems these two women had before.

A racial issue, because the Chinese women say to Ria some racial insults.

1.4.Graham goes to where his colleagues are working.  What have they found?  How does Graham react to that?

 He found a shoe and his brother's body (dead). Graham gets sad and he made a "flashback" 

2. (35:01- 36:48) Check the problems these two men are having:

The locksmith doesn’t know how to do his job. False

The locksmith wants to overcharge for his job. False

The locksmith didn’t replace the lock for a new one. True

The store owner doesn’t understand English well enough.  True

The locksmith cannot find a way to communicate effectively with the store owner.True

The locksmith has a friend who fixes doors; so, he wants to persuade the store owner to have his door fixed by this friend. True

The store owner has a door lock in his store that needs to be replaced. False

The store owner has a door in his store that needs to be replaced. True

The locksmith doesn’t want to be insulted any more. False

The locksmith leaves without getting any pay. True

The store owner believes he’s been cheated. True

STEP 3: WRITING A SUMMARY

-Graham Waters and Ria

-Farhad and Dorri

-Rick Cabot and Jean
-Anthony and Peter
-Daniel Ruiz
-John Ryand and Tom Hanson
- Cameron Thayler and Christine

Graham Waters and Ria:

Graham Waters and Ria are two detectives who have an accident. Graham's mother want to find her bother. At the end of the film, Peter results be Graham's brother, but wen they found Peter, he is deth.

Farhad and Dorri:

Farhad and his daughter Dorri want to buy a gun. Farhad  have problems with Dirk, the owner
of the shop. Dorri

the different stories in the film.

STEP 4: WRITING THE  STORY

Choose 1 story IN THE FILM and write a summary in the CRASH WIKI 

instructons:

You'll have 1 of the stories.

Write a summary of the story.

Describe the characters in the story:

How do they look like?describe them using adjectives like: naïve, responsible, ambitious...

What's the relationship between them?mother-son, husband-wife...

How do they feel at the beginning?

How do they react in the story?

Do they change? Why? Why not?

Give your opinion.

Describe one character in the story.

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM!

Worksheet 2: Characters in the Film



Jesminder (jess) wants to be a profesional fotballer. Unfortunately, her parents have more traditional ideas about her future.

Juliette (Jules) also wants to be a footbaler. She plays for a women's footballer team, the Hunslow Harriers.

Jess' parents, Mr and Mrs Bhamra, immigrated to Britain before their children were born. they want their daughters to be proper Indian girls. They don't like Jess playing football

Worksheet 3: While you Watch


2.1: THE HUNSLOW HARRIERS


Exercise A: Put these events in in the correct order. 

1.Jess and Jules go shopping for football shoes.
2.Jules sees Jess playing football in the park, and asks her to join the Hunslow Harriers.
3.Pinky's boyfriend's relatives see Jess and Jules laughing and hugging, and think she is kissing a man.
4.Pinky has her engagement party.
5.Jess lies to her parents that she has a part-time job, so she can go out and play football.
6.Jess' mother sees her wearing shorts and playing football with Tony's friends, and tells her she's not allowed to play football. 

1.- 5
2.- 2
3.- 6 
4.- 1
5.- 4
6.- 3

Exercise B: Who said what? Match the statement with the person who said it.

1.-'I was married at your age.' Jess mother
2.-'If she's more interested in playing football than chasing boys, well quite frankly I'm over the moon about that.' Jule's father
3.-'Your mother's right. It's not nice. You must start behaving like a proper woman.' Jess' father.
4.- 'No boy's going to want to go out with a girl who's got bigger muscles than him.' Jule's mother

Exercise C: Think about the expectations that Jess' and Jules' families have of them. Make lists of the things that their families and society expects girls to do. Make one list for both girls, and another list for Jess.

Both Jess and Jules, they are expected to:
-To be feminine get married
-Be weaker than a boy
-Football is not for girls
-Do only girl's things
-Don't have bigger muscles than boys.
-Do not play sports. 
-Enjoy shopping
-Find a boyfriend

Jess, she is expected to:
-To be a housewife
-To have a husband
-To marry young
-To create a family



-To wear long clothes without showing her legs
-Get married and a good indian man 
-Cook well

Jules:
-To find a boyfriend
-To wear make-up
-To be more feminine.

 2.2 WILL PINKY GET MARRIED? 

Exercise A: This section sterts with Pinky's wedding being cancelled, because her future in-laws think that Jess was kissing a ehite man at the bus-stop. Her parents thn forbid her from playng football. Put the following events in order.

1.- 6

2.- 7

3.- 3

4.- 1

5.- 4

6.- 8 

7.- 5

8.- 2

Exercise B: Rewrite these paragraphs so they are true. There are three mistakes in each paragraph.

1. Pinky blames her sister because her wedding is cancelled. She tells her parents thet Jess has continued playng football. They are very angry and tell her she can't continue to playng.

2. Jules like Joe. In Geremany, Joe and Jess almost kiss. Jules sees this and is upset and jelous. Jess visit Jules' house and they have an argument.

3. Pinky is very sad that her wedding is cancelled. She persuades Teetu, her boyfriend, to talk to his parents. Teetu's parents and the Bhamras arrange for the wedding to continue. Unfortunately, the wedding date is the same day as Jess' football mach.

Exercise C: Joe tries to encourage Jess not to give up. When Jess seys that her parents want to protect her by not letting fer play football, Joe asks her "Whose life are you living?" What does he mean?

Joe is asking Jess "Which life are you living: your life or your parents life?"

Describing pictures:


This photo shows a conversation, they don't look happy, but the people of the back are playing with the water and having fun. In the background I can see the football stadium with the girls team, and in the foreground Joe and Jules talking about something, I don't know. Joe were a t-shirt and Jules a sport top.
Maybe, Joe is angry with Jules.

This photo shows an a traditional indian weeding. In the background I can see all the guests and in the foreground there are Jess sister, Pinky, and her husband Teetu. All the people are smiling and dancing, especially the bride and the groom. I like this photo because there are a lot of colors, and everybody is happy. I think is a very good photo!

French Kiss

FRENCH KISS: THE FILM 1.THE PLOT 

 Kate is living in Canada with her fiancé, Charlie, who is a doctor. They want to get marry, buy a house and have a family together. Charlie must go to Paris, but Kate is afraid to fly.

One day Charlie calls Kate from Paris for to tell her that he met a girl and he was in love with her.

Kate was so sad and she decide to go to Paris to get him back.

Wen she was in the plane, she met an strange French man called Luc Teyssier, he had a little vine plant and a necklace. Kate slept and Luc put in to her bag the plant and the necklace. Then he offers Kate, ride in to Paris. At the terminal, Luc is spotted by Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon who insist on giving Luc a ride during which he searches his bag. Meanwhile, Kate tooke a taxi to go to Hotel George V. While waiting on the sofa, she met a thief named Bob. When she finally saw Charlie and Juliet kissing in the elevator, Kate faints, and Bob steals her bag. Luc arrives, steals a car, and together they track down Bob and the bag.

Luc and Kate arrive at Bob's house and he returned Kate's money but not her passport, not her clothes... 

Charlie and Juliette have to get marriage and they went to Cannes to met Juliette parent before the wedding and Kate follows ther with Luc. On the train Luc tries to catch the bag and recover his necklace but Kate is sleeping and she has the bag on her head. Luc tries to catch the necklace but Kate is dreaming with Charlie and she kissed Luc. Luc starts to be in love with Kate. In the morning Kate ate cheese and she was intolerant lactose so, they get off the train at Luc's hometown of La Ravelle. They stay at Luc's family home, surrounded by a beautiful vineyard where Kate learns about Luc's past.

At Cannes, the inspector approaches Kate and urges her to convince Luc to return the necklace. Luc who is planning to sell the necklace at Cartier, agrees to Kate's plan to sell the necklace. 

To make Charlie jealous, Luc pretends to be Kate's lover when they meet Charlie and Juliette on the beach. At dinner Charlie apologizes to Kate and later tries to seduce her in her room, but she is in love with Luc. The next morning Kate returns the necklace to the inspector and Cartier gives her a check. After giving the check to Luc, Kate leaves for the airport pretending to meet Charlie. Luc rushes to the airport, boards the airplane and confesses that he's in love whith her and wants her to stay with him. Luc and Kate embrace each other in their beautiful new vineyard.