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Youth in Revolt

Name: Youth in Revolt
Director: Jean Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein
Released: 1938
Duration: 91 min

Representation Score

4.6/10

Fair

1938

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Director

Jean Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein

Runtime

91 minutes

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Youth in Revolt (1938) examines the tension and instability of traditional structures through a communal setting. The film highlights how clashing personalities and class divides can undermine idealized social engineering. While the film doesn't explicitly address multiple aspects of identity, it offers a nuanced look at psychological complexity. The narrative shifts away from reinforcing traditional stability, focusing instead on the inherent chaos in human nature. Overall, the film critically explores social norms, emphasizing the failure of utopian ideals rather than specific underrepresented identities.

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Category Breakdown

Does Youth in Revolt have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film doesn't show any clear signs of non-straight or non-cisgender identities. It focuses on the discontent of young people but seems to follow the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does Youth in Revolt portray gender?

Fair

The film places a diverse group of young people in a communal setting, which breaks down traditional family structures. This setting allows for a more flexible exploration of power dynamics among peers.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Youth in Revolt?

Fair

The film's 'one-world' premise tries to go beyond homogeneous social boundaries. However, it mainly focuses on class-based identity, using the gap between rich and poor as its main social lens.

How does Youth in Revolt represent religion and culture?

Good

The film questions traditional Western institutions by presenting an idealized community as a failed social experiment. It emphasizes subjective morality and the breakdown of established social orders over stable cultural ideals.

Does Youth in Revolt include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the film.

Present on Screen

The communal setting challenges traditional gender roles and domestic expectations.
The narrative presents a sophisticated, skeptical view of organized social engineering.
The focus on class-based identity provides a lens for broader social complexity.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks clear representation of LGBTQ+ identities.
There are no characters with disabilities.
The narrative follows the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

Official Synopsis

"Altitude 3.200" asks the question and provides the premise of what would happen if a group of young people----poor, rich, discontented, bored--- were given an idyllic community in which to live. Call it a colony. Call it a village. Call it one-world. Mainly call it a futile exercise in changing human nature, mores, culture and attitudes at any altitude. For t'ain't no time before clashing personalities, petty jealousy, violence and---that old demon---love create havoc. And isn't much longer before they become re-united in the face of an avalanche that threatens to destroy them. They all return to whence they came, sadder and wiser.

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