
Time Regained
1999

Representation Score
Good
1998
Director
Alain Tanner
Runtime
104 minutes
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Alain Tanner’s *Requiem* is a contemplative art-house drama that prioritizes psychological depth over demographic representation. The film operates through a postmodern lens, focusing on the fragmentation of memory and the subjective experience of its protagonist, Paul. While the film avoids overt identity politics or aggressive pursuit of diversity, it succeeds in presenting characters as complex, autonomous individuals. It eschews traditional social hierarchies and didactic moral frameworks in favor of a nuanced, secular exploration of human connection. Ultimately, the film's diversity is found in its intellectual approach to the human condition rather than in its casting or explicit social commentary.
Category Breakdown
The film explores human intimacy and fleeting connections without focusing on specific LGBTQ+ identities. It avoids both assumptions that everyone is straight or cisgender and non-traditional gender expressions.
Character dynamics are driven by interpersonal history rather than rigid masculine or feminine roles. The film treats characters as independent actors, avoiding traditional or submissive gender portrayals.
Set in Lisbon, the narrative focuses on the protagonist's personal history within a contemporary social context. It lacks significant racial blending or intentional diverse casting to challenge norms.
The film embraces postmodern subjectivity and moral relativism over institutional morality. It favors a secular, existentialist exploration of life and skepticism toward traditional Western structures.
Themes of memory loss and psychological fragility touch upon cognitive vulnerability. However, no specific characters with visible or invisible disabilities serve as central plot devices.
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Official Synopsis
In Lisbon, French author Paul meets various people from his past who uncover forgotten memories.

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