
Thinking of selecting I’m Not Scared (a film by Gabriele Salvatores) as one of your comparative texts for Leaving Cert English? This free two-page PDF guide tells you everything you need to decide.
I’m Not Scared is told almost entirely at a child’s eye level: a nine-year-old discovers the crime his own community is hiding, so innocence and betrayal are not just themes but the film’s whole way of seeing. The sunlit wheat fields over a dark secret make it the brightest dark film on the course, a striking counterpoint in any combination, and its fairy-tale shape under a thriller’s plot gives Literary Genre unusually clear material. In Italian with subtitles, which is the main practical load to plan for.
Inside the guide: an at-a-glance table covering form, setting, narration, length, prescribed-list status and the film’s strongest modes; a clear synopsis; the themes the film carries; and an honest “before you teach” note on what needs care in the classroom and where the real teaching risk lies.
The guide then sets out how the film pairs in every comparison mode at BOTH levels, partner-agnostic so it holds whatever you set it against:
- Higher Level: Cultural Context, Literary Genre, Theme or Issue, and General Vision and Viewpoint.
- Ordinary Level: Hero, Heroine and Villain; Relationships; Social Setting; and Theme.
The companion Student Textbook and Teacher Guide (full exam-ready analysis and complete teaching support) are available separately from The Prescribed Shelf, or together in the Complete Bundle.
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