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Crazy Money

Name: Crazy Money
Director: Yevgeny Matveyev
Released: 1981
Duration: 82 min

Representation Score

2.0/10

Limited

1981

Director

Yevgeny Matveyev

Runtime

82 minutes

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Crazy Money is a period comedy that emphasizes a critique of economic values over identity-based representation. Using its mid-19th-century setting, the film exposes the superficiality of social status and the deceitfulness of wealth. While the film effectively critiques capitalist materialism, it lacks a diverse range of identities. The narrative structure centers on class distinctions and moral accountability rather than contemporary frameworks of race, gender, or orientation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Crazy Money have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or representations of non-straight relationships. The plot revolves around a conventional romance between Savva and Lidiya.

How does Crazy Money portray gender?

Fair

Female characters such as Lidiya and Nadezhda play key roles through social maneuvering. However, their actions are confined to traditional standards of beauty and marriageability to ensure economic security.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Crazy Money?

Minimal

The setting depicts a uniform ethnic makeup typical of mid-19th century Moscow. Social divisions stem from rural versus urban status rather than ethnic diversity.

How does Crazy Money represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative criticizes capitalist materialism and highlights the corruption associated with wealth. It dismantles the ideal of the wealthy son-in-law to emphasize moral failings.

Does Crazy Money include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no representation of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in the narrative.

Present on Screen

Strong cultural critique of capitalist materialism and greed.
Effective use of social maneuvering to propel the comedic plot.
Examines the tension between personal desires and societal ethics.

Limited or Absent

Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight characters.
Limited ethnic and racial diversity within the historical context.
Does not challenge traditional gender hierarchies explicitly.

Official Synopsis

Moscow mid-XIX century. Middle-aged provincial businessman Savva Gennadievich Vasilkov falls in love with local beauty Lidiya Yuryevna Cheboksarova. Wanting to meet her, he asks his new acquaintance Telyatev to introduce himself as Cheboksarov. Telyatev and his friend Glumov decide to play the mother of Lidiya, Nadezhda Antonovna, who wants to get a rich son-in-law, and recommend Vasilkov as a gold mining millionaire from Siberia. Savva Gennadievich begins to visit the Cheboksarovs house, but his provincialism and Lydiya’s intention to create a brilliant party due to their beauty prevent them from finding a common language.

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