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Une femme fatale

Name: Une femme fatale
Director: Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Released: 1974
Duration: 108 min

Representation Score

3.9/10

Limited

1974

Director

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Runtime

108 minutes

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Une femme fatale serves as a critique of mid-century social norms, emphasizing moral ambiguity over traditional righteousness. It subverts the nuclear family structure by focusing on infidelity and situational ethics rather than rigid moral frameworks. However, the film lacks diversity in its representation of various racial, ethnic, or LGBTQ+ identities. While it challenges traditional gender roles, it remains tied to patriarchal consequences.

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Category Breakdown

Does Une femme fatale have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film centers on heterosexual relationships and infidelity, with no visible LGBTQ+ characters or critiques of heterosexuality.

How does Une femme fatale portray gender?

Fair

The film challenges traditional domestic roles by showing the wife as an active agent of desire. However, the husband's violent response highlights the tension between female empowerment and patriarchal consequences.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Une femme fatale?

Limited

The film follows typical demographic patterns of mid-1970s European cinema, with no indication of a diverse or non-Anglo-Saxon majority cast.

How does Une femme fatale represent religion and culture?

Good

The story deconstructs the sanctity of traditional Western marriage through themes of infidelity, suggesting that traditional authority and justice can be corrupt or violent.

Does Une femme fatale include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities within the narrative.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional domestic hierarchies by presenting the female lead as an active agent of desire.
Disrupts the sanctity of the nuclear family through a lens of moral relativism.
Explores complex psychological landscapes and unconventional interpersonal dynamics.

Limited or Absent

Lacks visible representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
Shows a lack of racial and ethnic diversity within the cast.
The resolution reinforces patriarchal violence as a response to women's ability to drive the story.

Official Synopsis

A young, easygoing pilot discovers the mutual attraction between his chief pilot's wife and himself. The two become lovers, and are nearly discovered on several occasions. However, when the wife becomes pregnant, her husband has reason to believe he is not the father and, indeed, that the culprit is the young pilot. He arranges for the young man to have an unfortunate accident, and all proceeds as if nothing had happened.

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