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Film synopses

Synopses of all the films featured on the disc are given below. You will also find links to further Film Education resources on specific film titles where applicable. For information on where to obtain a complete copy of any of the featured titles, please use the above link to Find Any Film.

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.

Film Education's Last King of Scotland study guide

A team of astronauts are sent to re-ignite the dying sun 50 years into the future.

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.

Film Education's Hunger study guide

A Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums, becomes a contestant on the Indian version of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ He is arrested under suspicion of cheating, and while being interrogated, events from his life history are shown which explain why he knows the answers.

Film Education's Slumdog Millionaire resource

Glasgow, summer, 1973. Dustmen are striking; bags of garbage add to the blight of council flats and a fetid canal. Ryan, who's about 12, drowns during a play fight with his neighbour, the jug-eared James. James runs home, a flat where he lives with his often-drunk da, his ma, and sisters, who live in hope of moving to newly-built council flats. The slice-of-life, coming-of-age story follows James as he tags along with the older lads; has a friendship with his quirky wee rodent-loving neighbour, Kenny; spends time with Margaret Anne, myopic, slightly older, and, has a moment or two of joy. The strike may end, but is there any way out for James?

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

The story concerns a repressed flock of chickens, led by plucky Ginger, who serially fail to escape from their prison camp farm. When cock-sure rooster Rocky arrives, he eggs the hens on to fly the coop, but proves to be yellow. Mrs Tweedy and her doltish husband take delivery of a humungous pie machine…chicken pie that is, and the pressure is on!

Film Education's Chicken Run study guide

When David discovers that his best friend Emily is being forced to leave their caravan park home, he agrees to help her to run away. But after their plan starts to unravel, secrets come to light that transform his life in ways he never imagined.

Film Education's The Scouting Book for Boys study guide

Jealous colleagues conspire to get a top London cop transferred to a small town and paired with a witless new partner. On the beat, the pair stumble upon a series of suspicious accidents and events.

Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination programme while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.

Bullet Boy tells the story of two brothers growing up in one of London's most volatile neighbourhoods, where a minor street clash escalates into a cycle of violence that has tragic repercussions. A powerful and moving tale of young men on the edge, it reflects an emerging modern reality within Britain's inner cities. The film explores themes of friendship, rivalry and revenge amid a generation of boys to whom guns have become a fact of life.

Film Education's Bullet Boy study guide

Wallace & Gromit’s latest enterprise is Anti-Pesto, pest control with a heart. When called upon by the dotty Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham-Carter) to solve her rabbit infestation, Wallace tangles with her Ladyship’s would-be suitor, rotten cad Victor Quartermaine (Ralph Fiennes). At first Wallace and Gromit seem to have things in hand. But Wallace’s mind transference device malfunctions, and he’s in danger of being bagged by Quartermaine. Wallace teeters perilously close to disaster and his four-legged pal, Gromit, faces almost insurmountable odds to save the day!

Film Education's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit activity sheet