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Piok

Crop circles

Do aliens exist?

Synopsis

An encounter between a hen and a strange creature that almost certainly comes from another planet.

Piok
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Commentary on the film

A very amusing short film on the origin of crop circles.

Questions about the film

Understand the story and themes, express your feelings and develop critical thinking.

1Where does the story take place? Who are the two main characters? In France or in another country?
The story takes place on a farm surrounded by agricultural land. The two main characters are a rooster and an alien. The action seems to take place in the USA, in a huge agricultural space.
2What is the object that crashes to the ground at second 16?
It's the alien's spaceship.
3What does the image at second 58 show?
Analysis of the alien shows that the rooster has a brain the size of a peanut.
4What does the alien try to do next?
He tries to get his ship upright again, probably so he can restart it.
5What does the alien discover, to his horror, at 1:57?
He discovers that the rooster has managed to get into the ship; he's afraid the rooster will do something reckless, which is exactly what happens.
6What is the end of the story?
The rooster starts the spaceship and takes off into space.
7Do you know the device that we see at second 8?
It's a weather vane: it shows you which way the wind is blowing.
8What is the drawing in the wheat field at 2:34 called?
This is called a “crop circle” or “crop circle”. A crop circle is a geometric pattern made in a cereal field. Visible from the sky, these creations can range from a simple circle of a few meters in diameter to compositions of several hectares. These geometric patterns are made by laying the ears of cereals on the ground but the authors do not always claim their creations and some fans of paranormal phenomena attribute their origin to supernatural causes, extraterrestrials for example.
9And what do you think about crop circles?
Open response/debate

Download the film's educational activities as a PDF

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.

▸ Imagine a culture circle (Mathematics) (ages 6 to 11)
Educational activities proposed by Christophe Defaye based on the film Piok.

TitlePiok

ThemeExtraterrestrial

Genre & keywordsScience-fiction, Comic, Farm, Chicken, Culture circle

Recommended age5 years old

Duration3 min 34 s

DirectorTheo Dusapin Clément Dartigues

ProductionECV

Year of production2012

Country of productionFrance

MusicPascal Dusapin

Sound designChristophe Bertrand

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