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The City of the Future

The City of the Future

Representation Score

6.6/10

Good

2016

Director

Marília Hughes Guerreiro, Cláudio Marques

Runtime

75 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film explores identity and kinship through an unconventional family unit. It challenges standard social hierarchies and promotes inclusive definitions of community. By disrupting traditional domesticity, the narrative architecture elevates non-standard social structures as central, agentic forces of the drama. However, it does not specifically address physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

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Category Breakdown

Does The City of the Future have LGBTQ+ representation?

Excellent

The film challenges traditional expectations by focusing on an unconventional family. It emphasizes emotional connections and non-traditional bonds rather than typical romantic relationships.

How does The City of the Future portray gender?

Good

The story challenges traditional patriarchal structures by highlighting a non-traditional domestic unit. Milla, Gilmar, and Igor play significant roles through their collective lifestyle.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The City of the Future?

Good

Set in the drylands of Bahia, the film showcases a diverse, local population. It highlights a rich, ethnic reality rather than a homogeneous mainstream depiction.

How does The City of the Future represent religion and culture?

Good

The story breaks down the traditional Western/Christian family model. It prioritizes chosen kinship and personal connections over institutional or religious rules.

Does The City of the Future include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence regarding the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in this work.

Present on Screen

  • Disrupts traditional romantic and familial bonds by emphasizing non-traditional emotional landscapes.
  • Challenges patriarchal structures through a non-traditional domestic unit.
  • Highlights a rich, localized ethnic reality in the Bahian setting.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks representation or engagement with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

In Serra do Ramalho, in the drylands of Bahia, Milla, Gilmar and Igor will form an unconventional family that shuns convention and instead embraces love in all its dazzling iterations.

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