
One Minute for One Image
1983

Representation Score
Excellent
1986
NRDirector
Agnès Varda
Runtime
22 minutes
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Agnès Varda’s *Ulysse* is an experimental essay film that prioritizes the female gaze and subjective experience over traditional narrative structures. Its strength lies in its intellectual subversion of patriarchal storytelling through poetic, sensory exploration. However, the film’s highly localized and personal focus limits its demographic breadth. It lacks explicit representation regarding LGBTQ+ identities, racial diversity, or disability ability to act, functioning more as a philosophical inquiry than a diverse social study.
Category Breakdown
The film does not include explicit LGBTQ+ characters or romantic storylines. Although the experimental style allows for identity fluidity, there is no specific queer narrative present.
Varda employs a strong female gaze to prioritize subjective, interior experiences. This approach disrupts traditional masculine-driven storytelling hierarchies in favor of contemplative, poetic perspectives.
The film focuses on a localized, personal memory rather than multiculturalism. There is no evidence of significant racial diversity or active whitewashing in the imagery.
The work embraces postmodern subjectivity by blurring the lines between reality and imagination. It challenges rigid Western frameworks through a focus on the ephemeral and sensory.
No characters with visible or invisible disabilities are explicitly centered. The film instead explores the fragility of the body and the vulnerability of life.
Present on Screen
Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
At the sea shore, a goat, a child, and a naked man. This is a photograph taken in 1954 by Agnès Varda. The goat was dead, the child was named Ulysses, and the man was naked. Starting from this frozen image, the film explores the real and the imaginary.

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