Recommended for A Level and equivalent level Spanish
Come along to our Spanish A Level Study Day, led by Carmen Herrero, Head of Spanish at Manchester Metropolitan University.
This study day will include a screening of the film La Chica nueva and will address themes of family, friendship, economic and social unrest, and will include some contextual information about Argentina.
The film will be introduced in Spanish, key vocabulary and contextual information will be provided. The screening will be followed, after a lunch break, by a series of Spanish exercises based on the film.
Bring your students to HOME for a fun day out where they can engage is Spanish culture, language and film outside of the classroom.
Screening: La Chica neuva (The New Girl)
Dir Micaela Gonzalo / Argentina 2021
78 mins / Spanish with English subtitles
Jimena, a young woman fleeing homelessness and a precarious existence in the big city, makes her way down to the island of Tierra del Fuego, in the far south of Argentina. Reaching the manufacturing town of Río Grande, she reconnects with her half-brother Mariano, who somewhat reluctantly takes her in. In this geographically inhospitable location, Jimena finds work and human connections that gradually develop her empathy and a sense of belonging. Mariano, meanwhile, allows greed to override solidarity with his friends and colleagues. Money, or the lack of it, motivates all the characters to some degree, and each must decide how to navigate the approaching economic and labour crisis within a corroded system.
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