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27

27

Representation Score

9.2/10

Excellent

2025

Director

Flóra Anna Buda

Runtime

11 minutes

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The film offers a profound, impressionistic exploration of the female experience, using surrealism to delve into identity and the transition to adulthood. By focusing on Alice's internal world and subjective reality, it provides a unique perspective on the human condition. While the film excels in challenging traditional gender roles and cultural norms, its European-centric viewpoint limits its broader racial and ethnic diversity. However, it still offers a nuanced local perspective.

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Category Breakdown

Does 27 have LGBTQ+ representation?

Good

The film won the Queer Palm award at Cannes, indicating a strong connection to LGBTQ themes. It delves into non-traditional experiences and female sexuality, focusing on themes of isolation and personal discovery.

How does 27 portray gender?

Excellent

The story centers around the female psyche and Alice's quest for independence. It challenges traditional gender roles by presenting a complex, chaotic character instead of a passive female figure.

How racially and ethnically diverse is 27?

Fair

As a French-Hungarian co-production, the film offers a specific European cultural perspective. It does not provide clear examples of diverse racial representation within its localized setting.

How does 27 represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The narrative questions traditional Western milestones and family structures. It uses drug use and anti-social behavior as tools for psychological confrontation rather than moral condemnation.

Does 27 include disability representation?

Good

Alice's bike accident and hangover highlight physical and mental vulnerability. The film addresses these issues through a lens of psychological realism rather than relying on simple clichés.

Present on Screen

  • Centers deeply on the female psyche and personal empowerment.
  • Challenges traditional Western social and family structures.
  • Avoids simplistic clichés when depicting physical and mental vulnerability.

Limited or Absent

  • Could include more diverse racial representation.
  • Focuses primarily on a specific, localized European cultural perspective.

Official Synopsis

Alice is 27 years old today. Even though she is suffocating a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident. Will this give her the courage to become an adult?

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