Something special to celebrate Burns Night - this year, marked on Monday. Burns is a beloved Scottish poet.
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This extract is actually the opening five minutes of a film OPEN THIS LINK ON THE LEFT! called Ae Fond Kiss (dir, ken Loach 2004), but it works very well for the purposes of analysing the representation of people, places and issues. It is set in Glasgow and the title means 'one sweet kiss'.
These words are also the title of Burns' famous Scottish poem set to music: 'ae fond kiss, and then we sever / ae farewell and then forever'. The song plays over the end of the dramatic opening to this extract.
Need to know facts:
Place: Glasgow
Characters: Casim Khan, brother to rebellious Tahara, who struggles to find herself between the bullying of some Scottish schoolmates and her Pakistani relatives.
Roisin, music teacher
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