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Latitudes

Name: Latitudes
Director: Felipe Braga
Released: 2014
Duration: 82 min

Representation Score

5.1/10

Fair

2014

Director

Felipe Braga

Runtime

82 minutes

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Latitudes explores the transient nature of modern romance through a global lens. It deconstructs traditional domestic hierarchies by focusing on nomadic, non-committal connections rather than settled family structures. While the film offers a progressive critique of conventional social norms, it lacks explicit evidence of characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity. The diversity present is largely structural, derived from the international settings rather than confirmed character identities. Ultimately, the film functions as a study of modern existence that favors movement and autonomy over traditional romantic frameworks.

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Category Breakdown

Does Latitudes have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The story focuses on a heterosexual relationship between Olívia and José. There are no queer characters or non-cisgender identities present in the story.

How does Latitudes portray gender?

Fair

The film challenges traditional domestic roles by highlighting non-committal, transient relationships. Olívia plays a significant role as a fashion executive who navigates global, independent connections.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Latitudes?

Fair

The film's global setting provides a framework for multiculturalism through international travel. However, there is no confirmed evidence of diverse characters or multi-layered development.

How does Latitudes represent religion and culture?

Good

The story prioritizes secular, nomadic lifestyles over traditional Western institutions. It rejects the nuclear family model in favor of a modern, subjective approach to living.

Does Latitudes include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no mention of characters with visible or invisible disabilities within the narrative context.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional domestic clichés by focusing on transient, non-committal relationships.
Provides a global, multicultural framework through its international settings.
Offers a modern critique of conventional social norms and the nuclear family.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or queer characters.
Provides no evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities.
Character diversity remains unconfirmed despite the international backdrop.

Official Synopsis

Olívia, a fashion executive, and José, a photographer, gets together in Paris, having casual sex and talking a little about relationships. And, in some days, they meet again in another city. And another one. And another... Latitudes is a trip around the world, the love and the poem of living.

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