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The Rooster

Name: The Rooster
Director: Lasse Hallström
Released: 1981
Duration: 97 min

Representation Score

2.7/10

Limited

1981

Director

Lasse Hallström

Runtime

97 minutes

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The Rooster is a realist period piece that emphasizes personal growth over disrupting social hierarchies. Its focus on a homogeneous, rural Swedish setting leads to low scores for racial and cultural diversity. While the film offers a sophisticated look at internal identity shifts, it does not actively dismantle traditional Western institutions. The narrative remains grounded in the social norms of its 1944 setting. Ultimately, the film serves as a character-driven drama that emphasizes individual development within a conventional framework.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Rooster have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film examines the complexities of growing up and developing a sense of sexual identity. It provides a nuanced look at how identity forms within the social constraints of the time.

How does The Rooster portray gender?

Fair

The story follows traditional gender roles within a patriarchal society, highlighting the vulnerabilities of masculinity. It maintains conventional family structures without challenging existing gender hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Rooster?

Minimal

Set in a mid-20th-century Swedish village, the cast is primarily white. The production reflects the demographic makeup of its specific historical and geographic context.

How does The Rooster represent religion and culture?

Limited

This realistic drama focuses on the natural changes in rural life and family dynamics. It adheres to traditional social structures without critiquing Western institutions.

Does The Rooster include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not prominently feature characters with visible or invisible disabilities. There are no characters whose disabilities play a central role in the plot.

Present on Screen

Provides a nuanced exploration of adolescent sexual identity and self-discovery.
Offers a sophisticated, humanistic portrayal of personal growth and internal identity shifts.

Limited or Absent

Lacks racial and ethnic diversity, featuring a highly homogeneous cast.
Maintains traditional patriarchal structures without challenging existing gender hierarchies.
Does not engage in the active deconstruction of social or cultural institutions.

Official Synopsis

In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At the beginning he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the young ladies are futile. But as soon as he buys himself a car it becomes much easier, especially since he has the power to relocate people to an easier line of work. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

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