
What Would Jesus Buy?
2007

Representation Score
Good
2018
Director
Néstor Frenkel
Runtime
77 minutes
Average Rating
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Néstor Frenkel’s documentary avoids the usual festive clichés to conduct a sociological investigation. It shifts the focus from consumerist spectacle to the labor and identity of those working within economic margins. The film critiques the 'performance' of tradition. By examining the 'mercenaries of performance' and the 'exploited,' it questions the systemic inequalities hidden beneath the surface of social stability. While the film excels at deconstructing cultural and socioeconomic structures, it lacks specific details about disability or explicit LGBTQ+ character identities.
Category Breakdown
The film examines how society constructs fiction and social performances. Although it doesn't specify queer identities, the focus on breaking down social rituals hints at exploring non-traditional identities.
The story challenges traditional gender roles by highlighting individuals who are exploited by the system. It emphasizes personal ability to act and labor over the usual stable gender roles found in holiday media.
The film likely highlights voices and socioeconomic groups that are typically underrepresented. Its focus on those exploited suggests a concentration on perspectives often excluded from idealized Western celebrations.
This is the film's strongest area, offering a critique of cultural commodification. It deconstructs the holiday as a facade, looking at the systemic pressures and power dynamics behind Western traditions.
There is no specific information about the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent identities in the available material.
Present on Screen
Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
About Christmas, or about the construction of fiction, about the protagonists of the farce, about the exploited by the system, about the mercenaries of the performance; a film about angelic beings.

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