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What a Beautiful Day

Name: What a Beautiful Day
Director: Gennaro Nunziante
Released: 2011
Duration: 92 min

Representation Score

3.8/10

Limited

2011

Director

Gennaro Nunziante

Runtime

92 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

What a Beautiful Day functions as a traditional comedy where diversity supports the plot rather than challenging societal norms. While the film includes Arab characters, their roles are tied to established clichés related to terrorism and deceit. Gender roles in the film adhere to traditional stereotypes, with female characters serving as tools for manipulation. The male protagonist’s incompetence offers a comedic twist to the strong male lead archetype, but primarily for humorous purposes. Overall, the film utilizes diverse elements to enhance situational humor without fundamentally restructuring its narrative to promote multi-layered values or systemic critique.

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Category Breakdown

Does What a Beautiful Day have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on traditional heterosexual relationships and does not include non-cisgender identities or challenge conventional views on sexuality. There is no significant presence of LGBTQ+ characters or themes.

How does What a Beautiful Day portray gender?

Fair

Gender roles in the film follow traditional stereotypes. Female characters like Farah are used for manipulation, while the male protagonist's incompetence provides a comedic twist to the typical strong male lead archetype.

How racially and ethnically diverse is What a Beautiful Day?

Fair

Arab characters Sufien and Farah play key roles in the plot, contributing to ethnic diversity. However, the narrative leans on terrorist clichés, creating a tension between representation and familiar cinematic formulas.

How does What a Beautiful Day represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story sets Milan Cathedral as a central location for conflict. It critiques institutional corruption but does not emphasize specific secular or anti-capitalist viewpoints.

Does What a Beautiful Day include disability representation?

Minimal

The narrative does not feature any characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Present on Screen

Features central characters of Arab descent, adding ethnic diversity to the cast.
Provides a comedic twist to the strong male lead cliché through the protagonist's incompetence.

Limited or Absent

Relies on potentially stereotypical terrorist plotlines to create narrative tension.
Uses female characters primarily as tools for manipulation rather than as independent agents.
Does not include representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender perspectives.

Official Synopsis

Checco, an uneducated but self-satisfied fellow from Milan, who has always dreamed of becoming a police officer, fails his entrance exam for the third time. It must be said that at the oral examination Checco said that the reason why he wanted to join the police was benefits in kind and cronyism! But the young man has connections and he soon finds himself a security agent at the Milan Cathedral. Of course the bumbling idiot proves a living catastrophe! Spotted by Sufien, an Arab terrorist who is preparing an attack against the cathedral, Checco appears as the perfect sucker. To manipulate him, he sends his charming sister Farah to him, with the mission to seduce him...

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