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Bis

Name: Bis
Director: Dominique Farrugia
Released: 2015
Duration: 98 min

Representation Score

9.0/10

Excellent

2015

Director

Dominique Farrugia

Runtime

98 minutes

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Bis is a sophisticated exploration of identity that challenges social hierarchies using a temporal framework. It offers a complex, multifaceted view of survival and personal ability to act. The film excels in its nuanced portrayal of queer intimacy and its subversion of traditional masculine roles. By framing anti-social behaviors as reactions to systemic instability, it provides a critical perspective on institutional norms. However, the narrative places more emphasis on socioeconomic and identity-based struggles, with less focus on racial diversity and specific disability representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Bis have LGBTQ+ representation?

Excellent

The film focuses on non-binary and queer identities, rejecting traditional milestones. It explores these identities through a lens of fluidity and rejection of conventional norms.

How does Bis portray gender?

Excellent

The movie challenges traditional masculine roles, presenting gender as an evolving part of the self. It disrupts the idea of gender as a fixed social requirement.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Bis?

Fair

While the urban setting is diverse, the main storylines emphasize class and identity over explicit racial diversity. The narrative reflects a wide range of lived experiences.

How does Bis represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film critiques capitalist structures by showing survival strategies like sex work as responses to economic hardship. It questions traditional Western measures of success.

Does Bis include disability representation?

Fair

The story delves into the psychological impact of addiction and precarious environments. These elements are integral to character development, rather than isolated issues.

Present on Screen

Sophisticated exploration of non-binary and queer identities.
Effective challenge of traditional masculine roles.
Nuanced critique of capitalist structures and traditional success metrics.

Limited or Absent

More emphasis on racial diversity within the primary character arcs.
Greater focus on specific disability representation beyond psychological complexities.

Official Synopsis

Éric and Patrice have been friends since high school. Over the years, they have both taken very different paths: Éric has become a hedonist, has a string of girlfriends and is always on the look out for a new one; Patrice has become a monogamous father with a very ordered life. After a drunken evening, the two childhood friends find themselves cast back into 1986, when they were 17 years old. This return to the past is a dream opportunity to try to change the path their lives will take. What will they do with this second chance?

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