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Tout feu tout flamme

S1 E7
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2024

Zeina invites her friends to her birthday party, but the week's tensions with them don't bode well. Samir decides to throw a BBQ to mark the occasion. After all, 15 years is something to celebrate! The whole family is together, ready to celebrate by singing, eating and just being together. After a rather arduous set-up of the grill, Samir is finally ready to start cooking, to the enthusiastic shouts of the family members. At the same moment, the phone rings. It's the grandmother's neighbour, Téta Farah in Beirut. Her building has just exploded.

Levels:
Secondary Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Subjects:
Canadian and World Studies Law and Politics (Civics) History (Canadian and World Studies) Social Sciences and Humanities Equity and Social Justice
Skills:
Global Citizenship and Sustainability Critical Thinking
Themes:
Canada Intercultural Understanding Diversity and Inclusion
French level:
A2: Waystage B1: Threshold
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E1 : Bienvenue au Canada

21 min 19 s
Samir, Nour and their two children, Zeina and Fady, attempt to cross the Canada-US border in their recently purchased American station wagon, without legal papers.
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E2 : Vente de garage pas d'garage

23 min 39 s
After a series of difficult apartment visits, the family manages to move into a cooperative apartment.
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E3 : Un, deux, trois, surprise!

22 min 24 s
Now that the family is settled, it's time to enroll the children in school. Back home, there's a surprise guest. It's Aunt Lina. She'll be occupying Fady's room, forcing the two youngsters to share.
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E4 : La piscine aux caïmans

24 min 57 s
While Zeina and her new friends are getting closer during the class swimming trip, things are getting complicated at home. The parents have dared to invite yet another person to stay with them: childhood friend Ziad. Enough is enough!
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E5 : Ziad contre Barney

21 min 16 s
As the two parents gradually carve out a place for themselves in Canadian working life, Fady decides to play tricks on Ziad, terrorizing him. As for Zeina, her anxieties soon come back to haunt her when she thinks she's safe.
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E6 : Ni vu ni connu

21 min 23 s
Fady, feeling uprooted and destabilized, has disappeared. The whole family sets out to find him. Zeina feels guilty: what if it's because of their argument that he's gone?
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E7 : Tout feu tout flamme

21 min 25 s
15 years is something to celebrate! The whole family is together to celebrate Zeina's birthday, until news arrives of an explosion in the grandmother's apartment building in Beirut.
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E8 : Tissés serrés

22 min 47 s
After a wonderful birthday party, the family despairs as no one has heard from their grandmother in Beirut. Until one last phone call in the dead of night...
    Levels:
    Secondary Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
    Subjects:
    Canadian and World Studies Law and Politics (Civics) History (Canadian and World Studies) Social Sciences and Humanities Equity and Social Justice
    Skills:
    Global Citizenship and Sustainability Critical Thinking
    Themes:
    Canada Intercultural Understanding Diversity and Inclusion
    French level:
    A2: Waystage B1: Threshold