The Finishers (De toutes nos forces)

Julien is confined to a wheelchair but his adventurous spirit is unlimited. He is determined to compete with his father in the Nice Ironman event. Set in the French Alps, this inspiring and often funny film tells an engaging story with serious themes. 

Session includes film, short interval and a 40 minute discussion.

Note: this film is screened in French with English subtitles.

Bookings

To make a new booking, a minimum of 50 students is required.

Accessible screenings

Please let us know when booking about accessibility requirements to ensure easy access on the day. Both cinemas are wheelchair accessible. Free hearing devices are available for use in our cinemas. If you’d like to enquire about subtitled screenings, access to the Audio Description Channel or sensory adjustments (such as lower volume or adjusted lighting), email education@acmi.net.au before booking.

• Levels 9–10 French
• interpret and evaluate information, ideas and perspectives in a range of spoken, written, viewed and multimodal texts and respond appropriately to context, purpose and audience VC2LF10CM04
• reflect on and evaluate French texts, using metalanguage to discuss language structures and features VC2LF10UL03
• reflect on and explain how identity is shaped by language(s), culture(s), beliefs, attitudes and values, and how these affect ways of communicating VC2LF10UL04

Level 9 English

• analyse the representations of people and places in literary texts, drawn from diverse historical, cultural and social contexts, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and a wide range of Australian and world authors VC2E9LE01
• explore and develop responses, including personal responses, to literary texts, comparing initial and subsequent impressions VC2E9LE02
• analyse how literary devices and language features, and still and moving images, shape an audience’s preference about the social, moral or ethical positions presented in literary texts VC2E9LE03
• analyse the effect of text structures, language features and literary devices such as extended metaphor, metonymy, allegory, symbolism and intertextual references VC2E9LE04
• analyse the ways that text structures, language features and literary devices in literary texts create aesthetic qualities VC2E9LE05
• analyse how representations of people, places, events and concepts reflect contexts VC2E9LY04

Level 10 English

• analyse representations of individuals, groups and places and evaluate how they reflect their context in literary texts by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and a wide range of Australian and world authors VC2E10LE01
• synthesise their own interpretation of a literary text, and explore the interpretations of others VC2E10LE02
• analyse the ways that social, moral or ethical positions are represented in a range of literary texts VC2E10LE03
• analyse how text structure, language features, literary devices and intertextual connections shape interpretations of literary texts VC2E10LE04
• analyse and evaluate how people, places, events and concepts are represented in texts and reflect contexts VC2E10LY04