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¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?

Name: ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos?
Director: Pedro Lazaga Sabater
Released: 1967
Duration: 95 min

Representation Score

2.4/10

Limited

1967

Director

Pedro Lazaga Sabater

Runtime

95 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

This 1967 comedy highlights the friction between rigid patriarchal expectations and a changing younger generation. The story revolves around a father's disappointment when his children don't conform to his social standards. While the film touches on social changes, it does so through a lens of domestic conflict rather than progressive celebration. The tension is rooted in the breakdown of traditional structures rather than challenging them. Ultimately, the film serves as a study of mid-century social transition, emphasizing the conflict inherent in a society moving away from strict, traditionalist hierarchies.

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Category Breakdown

Does ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film uses a 'hidden truth' idea where children's behaviors that don't fit social norms create problems at home. There is no clear celebration of LGBTQ+ identities.

How does ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? portray gender?

Fair

The movie shows a traditional hierarchy through Antonio and Paloma, who wants to be a housewife. Tension comes from women like Luisa joining the workforce.

How racially and ethnically diverse is ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos??

Minimal

The film portrays a uniform Spanish community. There is no indication of racial mixing or diverse ethnic casting.

How does ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story focuses on the nuclear family and parental authority. Conflict arises from the perceived breakdown of traditional morality and family unity.

Does ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no visible or invisible disabilities that play a central role in the characters' stories or the plot development.

Present on Screen

Explores the generational divide between traditionalist parents and their children.
Highlights the growing role of women entering the workforce.

Limited or Absent

Lacks intentional challenges to established social and gender hierarchies.
Maintains a uniform racial and ethnic perspective.
Relies on clichés of hidden identities to drive domestic conflict.

Official Synopsis

The driver Antonio, boasts of his sons: John, who shares his work as a taxi driver, Luisa, ladies hairdresser, Antonito, studying to be a lawyer, and Paloma, to be a housewife. But Antonio does not know that their children are not exactly as he thinks. The day Antonio finds out, confronts his wife and children and suffers a big disappointment. Since then no one in the family speaks to Antonio, and he believes that it is best to let them see for themselves that they made a mistake, but this does not result, since each will see their problems increased.

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