
The one I love
2009

1991
Director
Nelly Kaplan
Runtime
101 minutes
Average Rating
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Guillaume de Burlador is a private tutor who hits a low point sufficiently severe for him to contemplate a somewhat theatrical suicide. Instead he is taken off by flying boat to a mad French colonial possession bedecked by mad servants and crazy decor. Three educated and rather gorgeous women live there, and they hire him to tutor a young teenager, but more with plans to seduce him in mind.
Overall Score
Good
Category Breakdown
LGBTQ+ Representation
The film disrupts heteronormative courtship rituals through an emphasis on fluid desire. While it lacks explicit non-cisnormative identities, it rejects rigid, traditional romantic structures.
Gender Representation
Three highly educated, autonomous women hold economic and social dominance over the male protagonist. This subverts traditional gender hierarchies and the conventional provider trope.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
The setting is a French colonial possession featuring a diverse social ecosystem. However, these characters appear to function primarily as a backdrop to the central character studies.
Religious & Cultural Diversity
The narrative favors eccentricity and subjective morality over Western colonial stability. It uses a chaotic environment to critique established institutions and traditional social order.
Disability Representation
There is no evidence regarding the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in the film.
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AI Analysis
Nelly Kaplan’s direction focuses on deconstructing social hierarchies and the friction between desire and institutional constraints. The film succeeds most in its subversion of gendered authority, placing women in positions of intellectual and seductive command. The setting provides a layer of post-colonial complexity, though the narrative agency of the diverse supporting cast remains unclear. The film ultimately favors individual eccentricity over nationalistic or institutional conformity. While the film challenges patriarchal structures, it lacks explicit representation of specific LGBTQ+ identities or disability, focusing instead on broader themes of social anarchy and moral relativism.

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