
Rough Stuff
2017

Representation Score
Limited
2010
GDirector
Éric Besnard
Runtime
100 minutes
Average Rating
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In Gold We Trust is a genre-driven adventure that prioritizes situational morality over identity politics. The film uses a high-stakes heist and a jungle crash to explore human frailty and the corrosive nature of greed. While the setting offers opportunities for cultural blending, the film operates within conventional boundaries. It focuses on the psychological impact of gold fever rather than disrupting systemic social hierarchies. Ultimately, the film functions as a study of human ethics when removed from Western institutions, though it lacks a concerted effort toward diverse representation.
Category Breakdown
The film does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or narratives. The high-stakes heist and jungle survival scenarios seem to favor traditional character types over those with non-straight identities.
The narrative follows traditional action clichés. There is no clear indication of female-led ability to act or subversion of masculine aggression and competition.
The Guyanese jungle setting provides a backdrop for potential ethnic diversity. The plot involves a clash between the adventurers and the local environment and its inhabitants.
The story critiques materialism through the lens of 'gold fever.' It explores how greed and environmental necessity can strip away traditional social and cultural structures.
There is no discernible evidence regarding the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in this work.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
A group of adventurers make off with 600 kilograms of gold in Guyana, but when their helicopter crashes in the jungle, gold fever takes over.

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