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Tributes in the cinema: The Untouchables

Area : Interdisciplinary. Type : Group. Level : Second Cycle of ESO

The Untouchables (1987) (not recommended for children under 13) is a film directed by Brian de Parma, whose main actors are Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith and Robert de Niro. An analysis of this film allows us to discuss regulated products such as alcohol, tobacco, medicines, and the excise taxes that affect them. It also introduces illegal trafficking of substances, in the case of the film, alcohol; The problem can be transferred to other products such as narcotics and illegal tobacco trafficking.

  • Guidance can be provided on the following topics:

    • Alcohol is a drug whose use is regulated by law in Western societies. It is a harmful product that in some cases causes an addiction called alcoholism. Acute intoxication is drunkenness. Discuss how premature and abusive consumption of alcoholic beverages affects young people (health education).

    • What is Prohibition? Why do you think legislators are thinking about banning or reducing alcohol consumption? What other substances have restrictive regulations? Which institutions in Spain are responsible for ensuring the legal use of these consumer products?

    • The Eliot Ness group is a special group dedicated to combating the illegal importation of these products. Find parallels in the current situation in Spain, Europe, and America. Which products are currently not tradeable?

  • The activity can also be oriented towards two aspects: an individual one (these products are harmful - we connect with health education); other social (it harms society, it produces very harmful social effects, many resources are needed to treat its effects, both health-related and social-labor-related).