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Beautiful People

Name: Beautiful People
Director: Ivano De Matteo
Released: 2009
Duration: 99 min

Representation Score

5.8/10

Fair

2009

Director

Ivano De Matteo

Runtime

99 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Beautiful People is a realist drama that emphasizes class tensions over diverse demographics. It explores the friction between the Italian bourgeoisie and the underrepresented individuals they often overlook. The film successfully uses its protagonist to challenge social complacency. By highlighting a woman with professional influence, it moves beyond simple stereotypes to examine moral complexity. However, the film's narrow demographic focus limits its inclusivity. It lacks significant representation of racial, ethnic, or LGBTQ+ identities, concentrating instead on internal social hierarchies.

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Category Breakdown

Does Beautiful People have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film does not focus on LGBTQ+ issues but centers on class and morality. It does not include narratives specifically addressing non-straight identities.

How does Beautiful People portray gender?

Fair

Susanna is portrayed as an intelligent and influential woman who drives the plot's moral inquiry. She helps a underrepresented girl through her work as a psychologist.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Beautiful People?

Limited

The cast is primarily white and ethnically uniform, reflecting the film's focus on the Italian upper-middle class in a specific provincial context.

How does Beautiful People represent religion and culture?

Good

The story questions the stability of Western middle-class institutions by contrasting bourgeois comfort with the harsh realities faced by underrepresented individuals.

Does Beautiful People include disability representation?

Limited

The film does not prominently depict neurodivergence or physical disabilities. The narrative focuses on socioeconomic and psychological themes.

Present on Screen

Offers meaningful character development for its female protagonist, Susanna.
Questions the moral complacency and insulation of the established social order.
Employs a socioeconomic lens to effectively explore the oppressor/oppressed dynamic.

Limited or Absent

Could benefit from more explicit representation of non-straight identities or LGBTQ+ narratives.
Includes a predominantly white and ethnically homogeneous cast.
Does not feature prominent depictions of neurodivergence or physical disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Alfredo and Susanna are two well-off fifty-year-olds who lead a stimulating cultural life. He is an architect and she is a psychologist; they live in Rome but spend their weekends at their country home in Umbria, where they love to spend their days walking in the forests or relaxing poolside with a good book. One day, as she goes into town, Susanna sees a girl prostituting herself in the bushes on the side of the road and decides to save her from her unhappy existence, despite the enormous differences that separate their ways of life.

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