Category: Cinema and Culture
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Migration, Memory, and Identity: Kim Thúy’s Journey from Vietnam to Québec
Written by Berdie Pidika Matondo for Justine McLellan’s Cinema and Culture course Ru is a 2023 Québécois film directed by Charles-Olivier Michaud based on Kim Thúy’s 2009 novel of the same name. Both works recount the story of a Vietnamese family that migrates to Quebec in 1978, three years after the Vietnam war. The adaptation…
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Echoes of the Pandemic: Isolation and Despair in Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall
Written by Juniper McKenzie for Justine McLellan’s Cinema and Culture course The 2023 film Anatomy of a Fall directed by Justine Triet is set in modern-day France, post COVID-19 lockdown. While this was a worldwide event, the pandemic hit France particularly hard with over 38,997,490 confirmed cases as of December 2023, making it the country…
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The Model Minority in Film
The Model Minority in Film by Lindsy Mae explores the concept of the Model Minority in film and its perpetuation of harmful stereotypes due to the limited portrayal of Asian characters in mainstream media.
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Toxic Masculinity & Moose Hunting in Pierre Perrault’s The Shimmering Beast
Written by Markus Falk and Juniper McKenzie for Justine McLellan’s Cinema and Culture course The film La Bête Lumineuse (Pierre Perrault, 1982) centers around a group of middle-aged men who go on a hunting trip in search of moose. During this trip, the social dynamics of the group, compared to that of a wolfpack, gets…
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