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The Time Capsule

Name: The Time Capsule
Director: Erwann Marshall
Released: 2022
Duration: 105 min

Representation Score

1.9/10

Minimal

2022

Director

Erwann Marshall

Runtime

105 minutes

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The film uses science fiction to explore the tension between institutional stability and unpredictable external forces. By focusing on a politician's retreat and a woman's temporal displacement, it challenges the perceived permanence of social and biological realities. While it avoids traditional social structure clichés, it remains limited by a lack of specific demographic identifiers. The work's progressive value lies in its potential to disrupt conventional perceptions of time and the status quo, though it lacks clear data on racial or disability representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Time Capsule have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on a first love but does not specify the gender identities of the main characters. There is no indication of non-straight relationships.

How does The Time Capsule portray gender?

Fair

The female protagonist demonstrates a significant role in driving the story through her unique biological condition. She remains unchanged after a space journey, challenging traditional views on aging and domestic life.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Time Capsule?

Minimal

The narrative emphasizes professional and class status rather than racial background. There is no information on non-Anglo-Saxon representation.

How does The Time Capsule represent religion and culture?

Good

The story critiques Western social progress by focusing on a character who has bypassed twenty years of development. It highlights individualistic retreat over communal responsibility.

Does The Time Capsule include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not provide any information about the portrayal of physical disabilities, neurodivergence, or mental health conditions.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional views on aging through a female protagonist who remains unchanged by time.
Uses speculative science fiction to question conventional perceptions of biological and social stability.
Explores complex themes of temporal displacement and individual identity against institutional decline.

Limited or Absent

Does not explicitly address the gender identities or sexual orientations of the main characters.
Does not provide information on racial, ethnic, or non-Anglo-Saxon representation.
Does not include any depiction of physical disabilities, neurodivergence, or mental health conditions.

Official Synopsis

In the near future, a politician fresh off an electoral loss escapes to his family's summer lake house. His vacation is disrupted by the appearance of his first love, who has just returned from a 20-year space voyage and hasn't aged a day.

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