Children and Childhood in Movies
Children and Childhood in Movies

Children and Childhood in Movies

Summary/Abstract: Since the beginning of cinematography, screenwriters and directors were interested in portraying children in movies. They are of no less importance as adults, maybe quite on the contrary, children can raise essential questions regarding the meaning of an adult’s life, they can challenge the adult into introspection and change, they can help adults become aware of their responsibilities and they can teach the adult to love. Unconditionally. In a few movies of my choice - La vita è bella (1997), The Book Thief (2013) and the more recent Gifted (2017), The Glass Castle (2017) and Wonder (2017) – I suggest a number of possible perspectives on children as seen in war contexts, in relation to adults, especially parents, and as character development.

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