WORKSHOP ON THE MOVIE: SOME TIMES IN APRIL

ANALYSING THE MESSAGE AND HIDDEN IDEAS

I. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLOT OF THE FILM:

1. Which country did the social tragedy happen?

2. Who were the groups at war?

3. Who wrote a letter to Augustin? Why?

4. Where was Augustin’s brother? Why?

5. What was the role of (mass media) the radio in the conflict?

6. What do you think of the role of the UNITED NATIONS?

7. How did you see the position of the Catholic Church?

8. Do you think the armed forces acted in the right way? Why?

9. Which similarities and differences would you find between the movie’s conflict and
Colombian’s armed conflict?

10. What are the causes of the conflict?

11. What message did you learn from the movie?

12. Write a short story about the plot of the movie?

II. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE MOVIE:

13. Jeanne is Augustin’s ____________________.

14. Anne Marie is Augustin’s _________________.
15. Marcus and Ives Andre are Augustin’s ___________________.
16. Honoré is Augustin’s ___________________.
17. Xavier is Augustin’s _________________.

III. CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER:

18. Augustin is a __________________ (Hutu / Tutsi)

19. Jeanne is a __________________ (Hutu / Tutsi)
20. The government in Rwanda is __________________ (Hutu / Tutsi)
21. The Rwanda armed forces are __________________ (Hutu / Tutsi)

IV. CHOOSE THE WORD THAT BEST FIT THE SENTECE:

1. The Hutus called the Tutsis __________________ because they understimated them.

a. cockroaches b. buddy c. mate

2. Augustin thought that Honoré’s people could ________ the country over the edge.

a. drag b. set c. live

3. The Hutus considered that the president Arusha made too many _______________
under
foreign presure.

a. aids b. forces c. concessions

4. Honoré’s people wanted to give a ____________ to the president of Rwanda.

a. present b. coup d’etat c. reward

5. Augustin didn’t justify the ______________ of innocent people.

a. assistance b. birth c. Slaughtering