Brian
10th December 2006, 03:18 PM
It's a French film mostly, that I stumbled across late last night. The premise of the movie is a French Erasmus student who is studying in Barcelona, moving in with 6 other students from a variety of countries and languages.
I found it to be an excellent take on a student's experiences in Spain, dealing with issues of culture shock, as well as acceptance and integration into a foreign culture.
Particularly humorous was a scene from the first day of class, where a belgian student stands up and requests that the professor teach the class in Castilian, rather than Catalan. The professor responds rather haughtily that as we are in Catalonia, the official language is Catalan. Thus, the class will be taught in Catalan.
There are several beautiful shots of Barcelona, although it is not afraid to show the seedy underside of life in Barsa.
I definitely recommend it for anyone looking to study in Spain.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283900/
I found it to be an excellent take on a student's experiences in Spain, dealing with issues of culture shock, as well as acceptance and integration into a foreign culture.
Particularly humorous was a scene from the first day of class, where a belgian student stands up and requests that the professor teach the class in Castilian, rather than Catalan. The professor responds rather haughtily that as we are in Catalonia, the official language is Catalan. Thus, the class will be taught in Catalan.
There are several beautiful shots of Barcelona, although it is not afraid to show the seedy underside of life in Barsa.
I definitely recommend it for anyone looking to study in Spain.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283900/