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Movie collector 18 patch3/29/2023 Il PLeut Il Pleut Bergère Rentre Tes Blancs Moutons Allons Sous Ma Chaumière Bergère Vite Allons! (It's raining,lil' shepherd girl/Bring in your flock of white sheep/let's go into my cottage /shepherd girl,let's go quickly!) The song perfectly reflected Selina's situation.Gordon's flat is the cottage of the song. "Il Pleut Bergère" was a judicious choice it goes like this. As for the score ,since the beginning,it reminded me of the old French song "Il Pleut Bergère".And when Poitier began to sing the song (in a delightful French) ,I had no more doubts.This is an old song,written by Fabre D'Eglantine ,one of the revolutionaries of 1789 some have seen in this kiddie song a metaphor for the things to come. Note how people but two persons are selfish when Selina is alone in the street. Enter Sidney Poitier!In 1965,the film was revolutionary:one would have expected a little blind black girl and a white schoolteacher (for instance) and it's a black man who will take care of a white young girl!Gordon displays pedagogic skills a teacher could envy.But most of all,his lessons try to teach happiness to Selina: these foolish things,such as eating a roast beef sandwich in the park,sipping pineapple juice,shopping in a supermarket ,listening to a music box and more serious things like simply learning to cross the street. She's blind ,so what's the point of sending her to school?Unlike the Keller family who poisoned Helen with protection ("Miracle Worker"),Selina's family left the poor thing to her own devices. Her family treats her like dirt ,and nobody cares for her ,nobody thinks about her education. Selina is a poor girl who 's got nothing but a box of beads. Nothing spectacular,the story goes straight to the heart. Sidney Poitier and Elizabeth Hartman -an actress I had not noticed before- give heartfelt warm performances. This is a very simple story,some kind of "miracle worker" in miniature.
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