Films pour enfants

The Shadow Folk

Short children's film about friendship

A strange creature.

Synopsis

A little fox goes hunting in the woods and discovers something rather unpleasant, a strange creature. Will they become friends?

The Shadow Folk
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Commentary on the film

An adorable story with very cute characters, for young children. The scene, where the fox tries to catch the shadow of a mouse, will certainly amuse children.

Questions about the film

Understand the story, the theme, express your sensitivity and exercise your critical thinking.
1-Where does the story take place and who is the main character?
A young fox is in the forest.
2-What is the fox's activity at the beginning of the film?
He tries to hunt but has difficulty; In particular, he finds himself facing a large deer which scares him.
3-When, finally, he finds prey that seems within his reach, what happens to him?
A strange being catches him, he luckily manages to escape.
4-He finds the mouse but, then, what does he discover in image 2 min 1 s?
He realizes that the mouse is, in fact, only the shadow of a mouse.
5-The fox will then lose interest; but, the mouse then returns to him. What happens next?
The mouse seems to nibble its shadow, the fox even ends up completely discolored.
6-In the previous sequence, how would you describe the music?
The music becomes stressful and distressing in accordance with the subject of the scene.
7-Around frame 3:17, the strange character returns to the fox and the mouse. What then
this one?
He catches the mouse and manages to recover the fox's shadow and colors.
8-At the end of the film, the fox and the strange character even become friends; Why do you think this strange character caught the fox at the beginning of the story?
He knew that the mouse was evil and wanted to save the fox from his misfortune.

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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.

▸ Compare two characters from the film (English) (ages 6 to 11)
Educational activities proposed by Valérie from the Val 10 blog based on the film The Shadow Folk.

TitleThe Shadow Folk

ThemeFriendship

Genre & keywordsFriendship, Narrative, Animals, Fox, Curiosity, Friendship

Recommended age5 years old

Duration4 min 7 s

DirectorSabrina Cotugno

ProductionCalarts

Year of production2010

Country of productionUnited States

MusicJames Tatti

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