My Australia/Ami Drozed – 2011


Please read all questions and think about all of them. Then answer any questions you choose as you
like to fill exactly one page.

1.     Who is the protagonist in this film and who is the Antagonist?

2.     What is Tadek's dramatic need in the whole film? Does it change? Does it explain all his
actions and transformations? How does it motivate his change and evolution?

3.     What is the film's theme? What is the relationship between the personal and the collective
dimensions of the theme? How is it related to Tadek's dramatic need?

4.     The film takes place in two territories and spaces but it contains also the presence of a
third territory and a symbolic space – Australia. How does it relate to the theme and how is it
used by the filmmaker?

5.     The film uses Christian icons and symbols which are juxtaposed with other icons and symbols.
What is their function?

6.     Relate to the transformation Tadek is going through along the film.

7.     Explain the meaning of the exposition scene when Tadek plays with the animals and talk to
them.

8.     Discuss the use of props, sets and locations in the film and how it related to the theme?