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The Seasons

Name: The Seasons
Director: Artavazd Peleshian
Released: 1975
Duration: 29 min

Representation Score

3.7/10

Limited

1975

Director

Artavazd Peleshian

Runtime

29 minutes

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Peleshian’s work operates outside traditional identity politics due to its experimental, non-verbal nature. It prioritizes poetic montage over linear, character-driven plots, disrupting the standard cinematic grammar of its time. The film’s significance lies in its cultural specificity and its refusal to adhere to anthropocentric, institution-focused narratives. By centering a non-Western geography, it offers a profound exploration of Armenian landscapes. While the film lacks specific representation for LGBTQ+ or disability identities, it challenges Western-centric documentary hegemony by focusing on underrepresented, land-based existence.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Seasons have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film is an experimental documentary that focuses on the relationship between humanity and nature. It does not depict any LGBTQ+ identities or experiences.

How does The Seasons portray gender?

Fair

This film-essay avoids traditional gender hierarchies by eschewing character archetypes entirely. While it bypasses patriarchal structures through its elemental focus, it does not actively subvert them via specific character's ability to drive the story.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Seasons?

Good

The film centers on Armenian identity and geography, providing a specific cultural perspective that challenges Western-centric documentary styles.

How does The Seasons represent religion and culture?

Good

The film highlights the harmony between humans and nature, critiquing industrial modernity. It uses Western classical music to contrast with the organic rhythms of Armenian pastoral life.

Does The Seasons include disability representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on natural textures and seasonal changes. It does not depict any physical or neurodivergent characters.

Present on Screen

Provides high cultural specificity by centering Armenian landscapes and pastoral life.
Challenges Western-centric documentary hegemony through a non-Western, poetic lens.
Disrupts traditional narrative hierarchies by prioritizing sensory experience over didactic storytelling.

Limited or Absent

Lacks any depiction of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth gender expressions.
Does not provide specific character's ability to drive the story to actively subvert gender hierarchies.
Contains no discernible representation of physical or neurodivergent characters.

Official Synopsis

The last collaboration of Artavazd Peleshian and cinematographer Mikhail Vartanov is a film-essay about Armenia's shepherds, about the contradiction and the harmony between man and nature, scored to Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

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