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Living and Knowing You Are Alive

Name: Living and Knowing You Are Alive
Director: Alain Cavalier
Released: 2019
Duration: 82 min

Representation Score

7.4/10

Good

2019

Director

Alain Cavalier

Runtime

82 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Living and Knowing You Are Alive is a deeply personal exploration of human vulnerability. It challenges traditional family roles and explores existential themes through a non-dogmatic lens. While the film lacks broad demographic variety, particularly in terms of race and LGBTQ+ identities, it excels in its nuanced treatment of mortality and personal autonomy. Ultimately, the film prioritizes a concentrated, subjective exploration over wide-scale representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Living and Knowing You Are Alive have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on the relationship between a daughter and her father, with no explicit LGBTQ+ characters or narratives centered around non-cisgender identities.

How does Living and Knowing You Are Alive portray gender?

Good

The movie highlights the personal autonomy and intellectual independence of Emmanuèle Bernheim, shifting power dynamics away from traditional patriarchal structures.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Living and Knowing You Are Alive?

Limited

The film appears to reflect a homogeneous European demographic without any evident effort to include non-white actors.

How does Living and Knowing You Are Alive represent religion and culture?

Good

The film explores a complex, morally relative perspective on life and death, challenging traditional views of the protective father figure.

Does Living and Knowing You Are Alive include disability representation?

Good

The story delves into physical frailty and medical crises, such as a heart attack and urgent surgery, treating medical vulnerability as a key driver of the character's journey.

Present on Screen

Highlights the personal autonomy and intellectual independence of Emmanuèle Bernheim.
Offers a nuanced, respectful portrayal of physical frailty and medical crises.
Prioritizes subjective truth over rigid religious or institutional dogma.

Limited or Absent

Does not include explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or narratives centered around non-cisgender individuals.
Reflects a homogeneous European demographic with limited racial or ethnic diversity.
Focuses on a specific biographical account rather than a diverse range of characters.

Official Synopsis

Novelist and screenwriter Emmanuèle Bernheim and filmmaker Alain Cavalier have been friends for 30 years. They are preparing a film based on the former’s autobiography, “Tout s’est bien passé” (Everything Went Fine). In it, she tells how her father asked her to “end it” in the wake of a heart attack. Cavalier suggests that she plays herself, and that he plays her father. One winter morning, Emmanuèle calls Alain; they will have to postpone the shoot until the spring, as she needs an urgent operation.

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