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La Maladroite

Name: La Maladroite
Director: Éléonore Faucher
Released: 2019
Duration: 84 min

Representation Score

6.3/10

Good

2019

Director

Éléonore Faucher

Runtime

84 minutes

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La Maladroite is a character-driven domestic drama that finds its strength in psychological nuance and the active role of its female protagonist. The film moves away from simple moral binaries by exploring the tension between perceived fragility and potential systemic harm. However, the film lacks significant diversity. The narrative remains centered on a traditional nuclear family structure and lacks visible racial or LGBTQ+ representation, which limits its broader social scope. Ultimately, the film's engagement with the ambiguity of invisible illness provides a moderate level of progressive depth, even as it stays within conventional social settings.

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Category Breakdown

Does La Maladroite have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The story focuses on the interpersonal dynamics of a nuclear family and a teacher. There is no explicit depiction of LGBTQ+ characters or non-straight relationships within the plot.

How does La Maladroite portray gender?

Fair

The film highlights the role of the female teacher, Céline, who acts as the primary investigator. Her observational skills drive the film's central moral drama.

How racially and ethnically diverse is La Maladroite?

Limited

The film appears to focus on a localized, potentially homogeneous social setting. There is no evidence of a multi-ethnic cast or visible diversity in the narrative.

How does La Maladroite represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film explores subjective morality and the ambiguity of truth rather than didactic moralizing. However, it does not explicitly critique Western institutional structures or diverse cultural frameworks.

Does La Maladroite include disability representation?

Fair

The plot centers on the uncertainty of a medical condition, specifically whether bruises stem from an immune deficiency. This engages with the complexities of navigating invisible physical vulnerabilities.

Present on Screen

The film provides a meaningful depiction of women's ability to drive the story through the teacher's investigative role.
It explores complex themes of subjective morality and the ambiguity of truth.
The narrative engages with the nuances of invisible physical vulnerabilities and medical uncertainty.

Limited or Absent

The story lacks visible racial and ethnic diversity within its social setting.
There is an absence of LGBTQ+ characters or non-straight relationships.
The narrative does not explicitly critique or explore diverse institutional or cultural structures.

Official Synopsis

Stella is 6 but she is going to school for the first time. Happy, exuberant (maybe too much) she is a lovely child, but is often absent. Her parents say she is fragile. She tells her teacher, Céline, she fell when asked why she has a few bruises. Is it child abuse or real immune deficiency? The doubt is growing in the mind of those who meet the child. Worried, Céline notes every injury until the day the family moves without telling anyone.

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