After watching the Belgian / French film "Fear and Trembling" - [rental link - Rental link to the Belgian / Japanese film


Prompt 1: Imagine that you took over Amelie's position in that company after she left and that she had explained in detail what had occurred there. What did you learn about Anglo-European and Japanese cultural differences from this information (in the film) that would help you succeed better than she did? Would it have made any difference if she were a man?


Prompt 2: How are women treated differently from men in the film? Describe similar situations that you might have witnessed or heard about in an American context. Are these matters that would have been reported to an American Human Resources Director?


Prompt 3: On a 1-10 scale per item, apply the "Ten Cultural Contrasts" to Amelie's work performance review at the end of her year at the Yumimoto Corporation from both the perspective of her supervisor, Mori Fubuki's, and the one she would have gotten at an American or Western European company. From your perspective which review would be fairer?

Prompt 4: What are three specific instances of stereotyping that you noticed in the film? Describe the instances and why you considered them to be cultural stereotyping. The film was made in 2004. How might the situations have changed if it were made today?