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UTSA International Management MGT 4073

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Dr. Bruce A. Stanfill

Cultural Movie Review Paper or Video

The

purpose

of this assignment is to develop and demonstrate cultural awareness by

observing a foreign culture as it is portrayed in film. The point is to view the movie with a

cultural profile in mind and to report your observations and thoughts.

I hope this is an

enjoyable

, rather than burdensome, assignment.

A. Assignment – Preparation (Not graded):



Individually or in groups of 2-3,

select a movie

from the

Discussion Board

to watch (see the attached list).

NO MORE THAN 3 STUDENTS PER MOVIE.



Individually or as a group, prior to viewing the movie,

prepare a

Cultural

Profile

on the listed county or sub-groups.

THE CULTURAL PROFILE IS FOR YOUR USE – DON’T SUBMIT IT.

o

Identify how the listed country/sub-groups compare(s) (

higher, lower,

about the same

) with the US culture (or culture with which you most

closely identify) as a reference:



Hofstede

(5 dimensions): Please see

hofstede-insights.com/product/

compare-countries/



GLOBE

(4 dimensions): Please see

globeproject.com/results



Trompenaars

(4 dimensions): Please see

Course Supporting Materials

o

Review cultural insights from other available sources, such as:



CIA World Fact Book:

cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/



Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands, Morrison & Conaway, 2006



View the selected movie

individually or as a group and discuss/share your

observations with one another.

B. Assignment –

Individually write and submit (on Blackboard) a 2-4 page

paper – or – a 3-5 minute video

(Graded):



The paper or video should be presented in an

informal “self-journal” style

.

o

e.g. “I was surprised that...”; “I thought it was interesting when...”; “I

disagreed with the portrayal of...”; “It was clear that the culture...”

o

Use good English paragraph structure, grammar, and spelling.

[5 pts]

o

The paper/video should have an understandable flow.

[5 pts]



It may be sequenced by dimensions to be addressed, the order the

observations came up in the movie, or any order you'd like.

o

End with a paragraph relating how your cultural view was challenged, a pre-

conceived opinion was validated, or how your paradigm was changed.

[5 pts]



At a minimum

, include comments on your observations with respect to:

o

2 of

Hofstede's

dimensions

[5 pts ea. = 10 pts]

o

2

GLOBE

Dimensions

[5 pts ea. = 10 pts]

o

2 of

Trompenaars's

dimensions

[5 pts ea. = 10 pts]

o

1

other

cultural behavior anticipated based on the any available source

[5 pts]

o

BONUS

: Watch a foreign-language films (English subtitles are ok)

[+5 pts]



Note

: While

some

observations might overlap between members of a group,

the

unique perspective of each individual

should result in different submissions.

Movie List for Cultural Movie Review Paper

2018 R 2:12

Parasite

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: South Korea Korean Oscar Nominee (x6)

Jobless, penniless, and, above all, hopeless, the unmotivated patriarch, Ki-taek, and his

equally unambitious family--his supportive wife, Chung-sook; his cynical twentysomething

daughter, Ki-jung, and his college-age son, Ki-woo--occupy themselves by working for

peanuts in their squalid basement-level apartment. Then, by sheer luck, a lucrative business

proposition will pave the way for an insidiously subtle scheme, as Ki-woo summons up the

courage to pose as an English tutor for the teenage daughter of the affluent Park family.

Now, the stage seems set for an unceasing winner-take-all class war. [

Selected notes

from IMDB.com:

Although it has humor in it, Parasite has dark undertones. The movie is

incredibly and uncomfortably violent in different scenes.]

2018 R 2:15

Roma

Drama

Country: Mexico Spanish Oscar Winner (x3)

Cleo is one of two domestic workers who help Antonio and Sofía take care of their four

children in 1970s Mexico City. Complications soon arise when Antonio suddenly runs away

with his mistress and Cleo finds out that she's pregnant. When Sofía decides to take the

kids on vacation, she invites Cleo for a much-needed getaway to clear her mind and bond

with the family.

2017 PG-13 1:34

The Breadwinner

Animation, Drama, Family

Country: Afghanistan English Oscar Nominee

The Breadwinner

is a movie starring Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, and Noorin Gulamgaus.

In 2001, Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. When her father is captured, a

determined young girl disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

2016 NR 2:53

Sieranevada

Comedy, Drama

Country: Romania Romanian

Three days after the terrorist attack on the offices of Parisian weekly Charlie Hebdo and

forty days after the death of his father, Lary, a doctor in his forties is about to spend the

Saturday at a family gathering to commemorate the deceased. But the occasion does not go

according to expectations. Forced to confront his fears and his past, to rethink the place he

holds within the family, Lary finds himself constraint to tell his version of the truth.

2016 PG 2:04

Queen of Katwe

Biography, Drama, Sport

Country: Uganda English

[Use East Africa for Hofstede and Zambia for GLOBE]

A Ugandan girl (

Madina Nalwanga

) sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to

the game of chess.

Movie List for Cultural Movie Review Paper

2014 NR 1:36

Jauja

Drama, Fantasy, Western

Country: Argentina

Spanish, Danish, French

A father (Viggo Mortensen) and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that

exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.

2014 R 1:36

Force Majeure

Comedy, Drama

Country: Sweden

Swedish

Golden Globe Nominee

A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing. The sun is shining

and the slopes are spectacular but, during a lunch at a mountainside restaurant, an

avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba

calls for her husband Tomas as she tries to protect their children.

2013 PG-13 2:06

The Wind Rises

Animation, Biography, Drama

Country: Japan

Japanese, English

JPL,

Oscar Nominee

Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian

aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro

joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most

innovative and accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life,

depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great

Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan's plunge into war.

2013 N/R 3:13

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Biography, Drama, Sport

Country: India/Pakistan Hindi

The true story of the "Flying Sikh" - world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh --

who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and

homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.

2012 PG-13 2:07

Amour

Drama, Romance

Country: France French JPL, Oscar Winner

Georges and Anne are a couple of retired music teachers enjoying life in their eighties.

However, Anne suddenly has a stroke which begins her harrowingly steep physical and

mental decline as Georges attempts to care for her at home as she wishes. Even as the

fruits of their lives and career remain bright, the couple's hopes for some dignity prove a

dispiriting struggle even as their daughter enters the conflict. In the end, George, with his

love fighting against his own weariness and diminished future on top of Anne's, is driven to

make some critical decisions for them both.

[

Professor’s Note

– Reviews indicate that this is very emotionally draining, and deals with

end-of-life/hospice issues, which some may find disturbing.]

2012 N/R 2:15

Paan Singh Tomar

Action, Biography, Crime

Country: India Hindi

The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase

champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.

Movie List for Cultural Movie Review Paper

2012 R 2:15

No

Drama

Country: Chile Spanish Oscar Nominated

Military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls for a referendum to decide his permanence in power

in 1988, the leaders of the opposition persuade a young daring advertising executive - René

Saavedra - to head their campaign. With limited resources and under the constant scrutiny

of the despot's watchmen, Saavedra and his team conceive of a bold plan to win the

election and free their country from oppression.

2011 R 1:25

Cargo

Drama

Country: Egypt/Russia English/Russian

A young Russian woman, smuggled into America by human traffickers, and a notorious

Egyptian transporter, hired to drive her from the Mexican border to New York City, form an

unlikely bond that transforms them and threatens to derail the traffickers' plans.

2010 R 1:58

The King’s Speech

Biography, Drama, History

Country: U.K. English Oscar (4) Winner

Britain's Prince Albert must ascend the throne as King George VI, but he has a speech

impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate

effectively, Elizabeth hires Lionel Logue, an Australian actor and speech therapist, to help

him overcome his stammer.

2009 PG 2:14

Invictus

Biography, Drama, History

Country: South Africa English

JPL,

Oscar (2) Nominee

[Use Separate Black & White Samples for GLOBE]

The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined

forces with Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), the captain of South Africa's rugby team, to

help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially

and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people

together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team

as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

2009 N/R 2:14

Ajami

Crime, Drama

Country: Israel/Palestine Hebrew/Arabic

JPL,

Oscar Nominee

Ajami is an area of Jaffa where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians try to live together

in an atmosphere that is highly charged. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family

from elimination by a gang of extortionists, while courting a Christian girl, Hadir. Malek, an

illegal Palestinian worker, tries to collect enough money to pay for his mother's operation.

Dando, an Israeli cop, tries to trace his missing brother who may have been killed by

Palestinians. Binj suffers from being rejected by other members of his community for mixing

with an Israeli girl. All of them meet violence with violence.

Movie List for Cultural Movie Review Paper

2008 R 1:30

Waltz with Bashir

Animation, Biography, Drama

Country: Israel Hebrew

JPL,

Oscar Nominee

An Israeli film director (Ari Folman) interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of

Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

2007 PG-13 1:36

Persepolis

Animation, Biography, Drama

Country: Iran/Austria French / Persian

JPL,

Oscar Nominee

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic

family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of

1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, ruled by

Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji

dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to

Vienna to study. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young

woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound

disappointments. When she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have

changed and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs.

2006 PG-13 2:03

The Last King of Scotland

Biography, Drama, History

Country: Uganda English

JPL,

Oscar Winner

[Use East Africa for Hofstede and Zambia for GLOBE]

In the early 1970s, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor (Garrigan), comes to Uganda to

assist in a rural hospital. Once there he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin,

who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the

rabid Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department

and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However, as the years pass, Garrigan cannot

help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of

assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin.

2004 PG-13 2:01

Hotel Rwanda

Biography, Drama, History

Country: Rwanda English

JPL,

Oscar (3) Nominee

[Use East Africa for Hofstede and Zambia for GLOBE]

Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi

refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.

2004 R 2:06

The Motorcycle Diaries

Adventure, Biography, Drama

Country: Argentina Spanish

JPL,

Oscar (2) Nominee

The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara (Gael García Bernal) went on in

his youth that showed him his life's calling.

2003 N/R 2:12

Memories of Murder

Action, Crime, Drama

Country: South Korea Korean JPL,

AmazonPrime

In a small South Korean province in 1986, three detectives struggle with the case of

multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.

Movie List for Cultural Movie Review Paper

2002 PG-13 1:47

Hero

Action, Adventure, History

Country: China Mandarin

JPL,

Oscar Nominee

A defense officer, Nameless (Jet Li), was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his

success of terminating three warriors.

2000 PG-13 2:00

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: China Mandarin

JPL,

Oscar (4) Winner

In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his friend

to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to

the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level.

1992 R 1:45

Like Water for Chocolate

Drama, Romance

Country: Mexico Spanish

JPL,

Golden Globe Nominee

In a forgotten Mexico village Tita and Pedro fall in love, but their marriage is forbidden.

Mother Elena sees Tita's role as her caretaker for life - no youngest daughter has ever

married and her daughter will not be the first to break tradition. Tita's heart breaks when

her mother offers Pedro her sister instead of her.

1982 PG 3:11

Gandhi

Biography, Drama, History

Country: India

JPL,

Oscar (8) Winner

Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is

able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his

commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.

1980 PG 1:47

Breaker Morant

Drama, History, War

Country: Australia English Oscar Nominee

[May contrast with South Africa (White) for GLOBE]

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners.

Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff,

who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not

progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong

fight in the courtroom.

1969 M/PG 2:07

Z

Crime, Drama, History

Country: Greece French

JPL,

Oscar (2) Winner

Following the murder of a prominent Greek leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth

while government officials attempt to cover up their roles.