A film to address altruism, the selfless feeling of love for others, but also its opposite, selfishness.
Feeling a friend's feelings and showing generosity without expecting anything in return.
Understand the story, the theme, express your sensitivity and exercise your critical thinking.
“To love is not to look at each other, it is to look together in the same direction. »
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry (1900 – 1944)
“We must learn to live together like brothers, otherwise we will all die together like idiots. »
Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968)
Please note before watching the short film that, on the box at the beginning of the film, the inscription in English “Sewing set” means “Sewing box”.
1-Who are the two characters who come out of the sewing box?
A sheep and a nesting doll.
2-And the character who cries at the beginning of the film?
It's a chick.
3-Why is the chick crying?
He has a hole in his coat.
4-What is the shape of the hole?
It's a square.
5-Why is the child not satisfied at first?
Because we offer him a circle and a triangle and not a square.
6-The nesting doll therefore climbs on the sheep and flies off to help a new person.
Who is this person?
Specify that the word help at second 40 means “help” or “help me”.
She is the queen of ants.
7-Why is the ant crying?
She wants to put on shoes but her feet are in the shape of tentacles.
8-What does the nesting doll do then?
She decides to make braids with the tentacles.
9-Why is the giant in the sky sad?
He would like to be able to smell flowers but has no nose.
10-The next character is a triangle. What is he missing?
He has no heart.
11-What does the nesting doll decide to do?
She sticks a fabric heart on him but it doesn't work; she then decides to give him her true heart.
12-What happens then?
A character with a triangle-shaped head appears.
13-Why does the doll faint?
She can no longer live without his heart.
14-What does the triangle character decide to do?
He goes in search of a new heart and asks for help from the characters the doll had previously helped. Everyone participates: the giant gives a pinch of stars, the ant a little earth and the chick a few feathers.
15-Does this recipe work?
No, because the triangle character didn't give anything. He then gives his hat and the doll comes back to life.
16-What could we suggest as the moral of this film?
Open response/debate.
Created with the support of the French Ministry of Education and the French National Center for Cinema and Animated Images (CNC).
Watching the film with the family, educational activities with parents at home and with teachers in class.
