It is a story of time-thievesand the child who brought the stolen time back to the people.
FILM: Momo
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Author: Michael Ende
Country: Germany
Genre: Fantasy Novel
Characters of
the story: Momo (the
girl), Beppo (the street-cleaner), Guido (a poetic), Cassiopeia (the turtle)
Plot Summary:
In the ruins of an
amphitheatre lives Momo, a little girl of mysterious origin.
She is an orphan and wears a long old coat. She can’t write and she can’t count. She doesn’t know how old she is.
She has the
extraordinary ability to LISTEN. She helps the people finding answers to
their problems thinking of FUN GAMES.
The Men in Grey
arrive and want to steal the TIME of humans.
They are
grey-skinned, bald men that
smoke cigars of time. The idea of “timesaving” is promoted.
Values of the
story:
Friendship,
compassion, value of the small but pleasant things that make life more worth
living.
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