Remember and go back in time

Following a first viewing, ask the questions in the “Question the film” section so that the students understand the subject: an old lady goes back in her memories to her childhood. It's a game called "Memory sprint, a fast game to remember", which is the trigger, or perhaps simply the attic of the house which is full of memories.

First, identify the different stages in the old lady's journey through her memories. Still elderly, the lady runs, but this time without her walking stick (at the beginning of the film, she needs her cane), becomes a young girl again and jumps from a house, runs in the forest, on a bridge, on a plane, becomes a child and continues running in the company of a cat, arrives in the same attic as at the beginning of the film (same coat rack....) to meet her friends, her family perhaps.

A first brainstorming session will let students describe their oldest memory aloud to the whole class, trying to give as much detail as they can. Rather than a whole phase or a whole day, ask the students to describe a moment lasting just a few seconds or minutes. At what age? Alone or with friends? Was it outside? Was it hot? A unique moment? Is it a good memory?

The same exercise can be repeated with their happiest memory, or conversely their least happy one.

The students will then choose 5 memories and put them into words aloud and/or in writing, depending on the age group. They could present to the whole class and perhaps follow up with a discussion: Why do I remember these moments in particular? Why did they stay in my memory?