Film:

"Earth"

  印度
作者
Deepa Mehta 
故事摘要

Earth (大地)中文情節摘要:

1. 敘事者Lenny回顧過去因英國干預而導至印度與巴基斯坦分裂之兒年往事。

2. 敘事者Lenny的父母雖是帕西族(Parsee 拜火教),但因種族與身份之關係而採取中立的態度,不涉入任何政治紛端。

3. 敘事者Lenny與其保姆Shenta感情深厚,常與保姆Shenta出遊會見其宗教信仰不同之友人。

4. 冰淇淋叔叔Dil Navaz主動追求敘事者之保姆Shenta,但保姆喜歡的卻是按摩叔叔Hassen

5. 印度與巴基斯坦分裂前夕時局一片動蕩不安,冰淇淋叔叔Dil Navaz的妹妹們因宗教紛爭的關係而全數被殺身亡。

6. 按摩叔叔Hassen離奇地被殺身亡,Dil Navaz則誘騙當時年紀尚小的敘事者Lenny背叛其保姆Shenta

角色名字 女主角Lenny, 褓姆Shenta, 冰淇淋叔叔Dil Navaz, 按摩叔叔Hassen
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Earth:

Race Relations and Women and Children's Positions

Love & Hatred before & during the Partition Period

Qs: 

  1. Describe how the different races are presented.  (e.g. Race Relations in the film: clips 2, 9; Parsee, clips 5 )

  2. How is partition presented?  What are the symbols used?  Ironies? (clips 4, 12)

  3. What are the significances of the park scenes and the friends' meetings?  What is the symbolic meaning of the park? (clips 3; 7, 9, 16, 18, ending)

Characters across the Racial Divide

•Compare the characters of Hassen and Dil Navaz. 

Discuss Dil Navaz's changes in the film.  Why do think the original novel is subtitled The Ice Candy Man?

What do you think about the betrayal at the end of the film?