In association with the Irish Film Institute, the 5th French language students travelled to Bantry Cinema with their French teachers Mr. Lynch & Ms. O'Farrell to see the French film “Petit Pays/Small Country: An African Childhood”.
This film with English subtitles is part of the 2022 Modern Foreign Language schools programme Film Tour.
Petit Pays/Small Country: An African Childhood
This new French language film is set against the backdrop of the Rwandan conflict. Gabriel is a happy young boy living in Burundi during the 1990s with his French father, Rwandan mother, and his younger sister. They live a relatively sheltered and privileged life, until his world is turned upside down as violence and unrest spills over from neighbouring Rwanda.
This powerful tale, based on a true story and adapted from the best-selling original novel , explores the topics of ethnic tensions and identity through the eyes of young boy, of both French and Rwandan heritage, just struggling to make sense of it all.