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Daughter

Name: Daughter
Director: Daria Kashcheeva
Released: 2019
Duration: 15 min

Representation Score

7.8/10

Good

2019

Director

Daria Kashcheeva

Runtime

15 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Daughter is a psychological exploration of emotional detachment and the breakdown of family bonds. It employs a non-linear visual style to examine how childhood trauma influences adult identity. The film's strength lies in its departure from traditional family structures, focusing instead on the complex, fragmented inner lives of its characters. However, the highly abstracted animation and the narrow focus on a single parent-child relationship limit its representation of race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Daughter have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or stories. The plot revolves around the relationship between a father and his daughter.

How does Daughter portray gender?

Good

The movie challenges the stereotype of the strong, traditional father figure by highlighting the daughter's emotional independence and the father's perceived shortcomings.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Daughter?

Limited

The stylized, surreal animation style avoids specific racial or ethnic identifiers. While this abstraction creates a universal feel, it does not intentionally represent various cultures.

How does Daughter represent religion and culture?

Good

The film questions the ideal family structure by depicting parents as potential sources of neglect. It emphasizes the impact of lived trauma over traditional family values.

Does Daughter include disability representation?

Fair

There are no visible physical disabilities shown, but the film delves into hidden neuro-psychological conditions. It offers a detailed look at emotional instability and psychological distress.

Present on Screen

Challenges the traditional patriarchal family structure by highlighting paternal inadequacies and emotional neglect.
Provides a nuanced depiction of invisible psychological conditions and emotional instability.
Reframes the concept of the 'ideal' family through a subjective, trauma-informed perspective.

Limited or Absent

Does not explicitly represent diverse racial or ethnic backgrounds due to character abstraction.
Does not include LGBTQ+ characters or non-straight narratives.
The narrow focus on a single parent-child relationship limits broader social representation.

Official Synopsis

A young girl buries in her soul a memory of a painful moment, when as a child she brought home an injured bird and her father burdened by his own weight of worries didn’t notice her feelings and longing for understanding. The girl took her father’s reaction as indifference and closed herself in her inner world longing for her father’s love and its manifestations. Since that moment she and her dad continued to grow apart, and as an adult she is no longer able to accept his endearments. The father suffers from guilt and searches for a way back to his daughter, trying to revive their lost relationship.

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