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The Tongue of The Sun

Name: The Tongue of The Sun
Director: José Luis Gutiérrez
Released: 2017
Duration: 84 min

Representation Score

5.9/10

Fair

2017

Director

José Luis Gutiérrez

Runtime

84 minutes

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The film offers a contemplative take on the apocalypse, moving away from hyper-masculine survivalism. It replaces traditional power structures with a decentralized model centered on interpersonal intimacy and emotional resilience. While the narrative excels at challenging genre clichés through its focus on human connection, it remains somewhat ambiguous regarding specific identity markers. The emphasis on universalist themes provides a progressive alternative to mainstream speculative fiction.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Tongue of The Sun have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on the extraordinary love between Emilia and Ramiro, presenting their bond as a transcendent force. However, the narrative does not explicitly indicate their sexual orientation or non-straight relationships.

How does The Tongue of The Sun portray gender?

Fair

Emilia is portrayed as having a significant role in driving the story. The narrative challenges traditional masculine clichés by emphasizing emotional and spiritual intelligence over physical strength.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Tongue of The Sun?

Good

The production context indicates a move away from Anglo-centric speculative fiction. The narrative adopts a universalist, humanist perspective that may decenter Western-centric survivalist clichés.

How does The Tongue of The Sun represent religion and culture?

Good

The film adopts a secular, humanist framework. It frames the end of the world as a systemic inevitability rather than divine judgment, focusing on human connection over religious intervention.

Does The Tongue of The Sun include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no mention of characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the available information.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional apocalyptic clichés by focusing on emotional intelligence rather than hyper-masculine survivalism.
Highlights female empowerment through the protagonist’s role in the human race’s potential survival.
Promotes a humanist, secular perspective on existential themes and systemic change.

Limited or Absent

Does not provide explicit representation or confirmation of LGBTQ+ identities within the romantic narrative.
Lacks visible or narrative evidence regarding disability representation.
Specific racial and ethnic demographics are not clearly defined in the available context.

Official Synopsis

Emilia and Ramiro, enjoy the simple pleasures of life. But there is something off about the general atmosphere of the loft, the city, the planet. You can sense this strangeness being present all the time. And Emilia´s and Ramiro's agreement to –not talk about it- is very clear. But it seems as if there is always something pushing them to bring up the subject. The Tongue of The Sun is a story of the end of our planet and how two ordinary people that live an extraordinary love generate the genesis needed to give the human race a new chance. In the mysterious alchemy that is love; lies the last hope that human beings have of transcending the inevitable end of the world.

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