Maux - Dits
When Stories were not yet fairy tales
Told in French with English subtitles - children will have to read to stay engaged with the 'text.'
To make sure all children can access the text pause and allow the reading of each line.
The story is narrated by a 3rd person telling us a story of an anti-hero travelling this fairytale land stealing treasures from well known characters. At the end of the story we see that our man will not be 'living happily ever after' The narration turns from 3rd to 1st person and we see that the man is cursed to tell his story over and over again as a punishment.
Writing Ideas
You may want to show the film without subtitles in the first instance to allow the children to discuss and make predictions about what they think the film is about and what they think is going on.
Watch the film without the English subtitles below.
To make sure all children can access the text pause and allow the reading of each line.
The story is narrated by a 3rd person telling us a story of an anti-hero travelling this fairytale land stealing treasures from well known characters. At the end of the story we see that our man will not be 'living happily ever after' The narration turns from 3rd to 1st person and we see that the man is cursed to tell his story over and over again as a punishment.
Writing Ideas
- Write a description of the hero's home, the house made of sweets or Snow White's house.
- Write a dialogue between the hero and Snow White or between him and the pixie.
- Write a story in the same style about stealing some other 'treasures' from fairy tale characters. e.g the Axe mans bravery, Giant's golden goose or harp etc
- Experiment with 1st/3rd person narrative - combining the two to form a story, perhaps tell a well known fairytale in this way. e.g. Tell the 3 little pigs with 3rd person narrative, but giving the wolf 1st person narrative sections.
- Write an alternative ending - perhaps our hero was the inspiration for Goldilocks or Rumplestiltskin.
You may want to show the film without subtitles in the first instance to allow the children to discuss and make predictions about what they think the film is about and what they think is going on.
Watch the film without the English subtitles below.