
Fidelity
2019

Representation Score
Fair
2012
Director
Kirill Serebrennikov
Runtime
115 minutes
Average Rating
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Betrayal is a psychological study of interpersonal dissolution that prioritizes complex emotional dynamics over broad demographic representation. It succeeds in challenging traditional gender roles by giving women significant control over the story, moving beyond the passive victim archetype. However, the film remains socially localized. Set in a homogeneous Moscow milieu, it lacks racial or ethnic diversity and stays within traditional heterosexual frameworks without exploring LGBTQ+ identities. Ultimately, the film's strength lies in its intellectual approach to morality and gender, even as it lacks diversity in terms of race and sexual orientation.
Category Breakdown
The film focuses on heterosexual relationships and infidelity, lacking prominent LGBTQ+ characters or narratives that explicitly challenge the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.
The narrative centers the female perspective, giving protagonists significant psychological control over the story. It challenges the passive victim archetype by prioritizing female emotional and intellectual autonomy.
Set in Moscow, the film presents a homogeneous urban middle-class environment. There is little evidence of racial blending or non-white casting to challenge social norms.
The film embraces moral relativism by deconstructing the institution of marriage. It views traditional social structures through a secular, postmodern lens of subjective truth.
There is no significant evidence regarding the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities. The character struggles remain primarily psychological and interpersonal.
Present on Screen
Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient's wife.

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