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Laerte-se

Name: Laerte-se
Director: Eliane Brum, Lygia Barbosa da Silva
Released: 2017
Duration: 100 min

Representation Score

4.9/10

Fair

2017

TV-MA

Director

Eliane Brum, Lygia Barbosa da Silva

Runtime

100 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Laerte-se is a documentary that challenges traditional views of identity. It goes beyond simple representation, focusing on non-binary existence as a complex, philosophical topic rather than a straightforward character study. The film's strength lies in its refusal to follow conventional storytelling. By complicating binaries, it offers a challenging perspective that questions patriarchal and straight-centered structures. However, the documentary's narrow focus on gender and identity leaves its approach to racial and disability representation unclear. While culturally progressive, it doesn't address specific issues related to these underrepresented groups.

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Category Breakdown

Does Laerte-se have LGBTQ+ representation?

Excellent

The film explores non-binary existence in a profound way, avoiding typical transition stories. Instead, it focuses on the idea of 'un-identities' to challenge assumptions about gender.

How does Laerte-se portray gender?

Excellent

The documentary centers on a person who identifies in a fluid, feminine way while rejecting strict gender norms. It presents gender as a flexible concept that isn't fixed.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Laerte-se?

Minimal

The film focuses primarily on gender and identity politics. There is insufficient evidence regarding the racial composition of the cast or the ethnographic lens used.

How does Laerte-se represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film critiques rigid social structures by emphasizing personal freedom over institutional definitions. It uses a post-structuralist approach to culture, focusing on the individual's experience.

Does Laerte-se include disability representation?

Minimal

The documentation does not provide specific details regarding the portrayal of physical disabilities or neurodivergence. No explicit evidence is available to assess this category.

Present on Screen

Provides a sophisticated, non-binary perspective that avoids typical transition stories.
Deconstructs gender hierarchies through a flexible and performative narrative.
Offers a deep philosophical exploration of identity and the subversion of social binaries.

Limited or Absent

Does not provide specific information about racial and ethnic diversity.
Lacks explicit evidence or focus on the representation of physical and neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

In this film, Laerte conjugates the body in the feminine, and scrutinizes concepts and prejudices. Not in search of an identity, but in search of un-identities. Laerte creates and sends creatures to face reality in the fictional world of comic strips as a vanguard of the self. And, on the streets, the one who becomes the fiction of a real character. Laerte, of all the bodies, and of none, complicates all binaries. In following Laerte, this documentary chooses to clothe the nudity beyond the skin we inhabit.

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