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L'immoralità

Name: L'immoralità
Director: Massimo Pirri
Released: 1978
Duration: 109 min

Representation Score

6.2/10

Good

1978

Director

Massimo Pirri

Runtime

109 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

L'immoralità is a transgressive drama that finds its strength in deconstructing traditional social structures. It succeeds in challenging the domestic sphere, presenting the nuclear family as a site of violence and moral decay rather than stability. While the film offers strong women's ability to drive the story through Vera, it remains limited by a homogeneous cast and a lack of multi-layered depth. The representation of disability is functional rather than nuanced, serving the thriller's mechanics rather than character development.

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Category Breakdown

Does L'immoralità have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film explores unconventional interpersonal dynamics but lacks specific LGBTQ+ identities or a direct critique of the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does L'immoralità portray gender?

Good

Female characters play a significant role in driving the plot through their intellect and sexuality. Vera challenges the traditional domestic role by orchestrating a conspiracy.

How racially and ethnically diverse is L'immoralità?

Minimal

The cast appears homogeneous, reflecting a traditional European social framework without much racial or ethnic diversity.

How does L'immoralità represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative challenges the sanctity of the Western family unit by depicting the domestic sphere as a site of dysfunction, prioritizing impulse over social or religious laws.

Does L'immoralità include disability representation?

Fair

A wheelchair-bound husband is present, but his disability serves primarily as a plot device. The character lacks independent ability to act within the thriller framework.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional gender hierarchies by centering women's ability to drive the story and plot orchestration.
Disrupts conventional moral hierarchies through a lens of moral relativism.
Explores unconventional relational structures and transgressive interpersonal dynamics.

Limited or Absent

Lacks specific LGBTQ+ identities or a critique of the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.
Uses physical disability as a functional plot device rather than a lived experience.
Features a homogeneous cast with minimal racial or ethnic diversity.

Official Synopsis

Federico is a child-killer running from the law. Wounded, he is taken in by an 11 year old girl named Simona. Their strange love affair is interrupted by Simona's depressed, oversexed mother Vera, who concocts a plan with Federico to kill her wheelchair-bound, reclusive husband. Simona does not take kindly to this new relationship between Federico and Vera.

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