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The Drunkard

Name: The Drunkard
Director: Yorgos Tzavellas
Released: 1950
Duration: 105 min

Representation Score

3.4/10

Limited

1950

Director

Yorgos Tzavellas

Runtime

105 minutes

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The Drunkard is a mid-century character study focusing on the social consequences of addiction within a working-class Greek family. It excels in providing an authentic look at its specific time and place, capturing the weight of community judgment and traditional social structures. However, the film adheres strictly to the era's social norms. It lacks engagement with progressive frameworks, presenting a world defined by patriarchal hierarchies and traditional romantic structures. The depiction of addiction leans toward moralistic clichés rather than a modern understanding of chronic illness. Ultimately, the film is a period-specific drama that prioritizes traditional narrative arcs over challenging established cultural or gendered norms.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Drunkard have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film follows traditional romantic structures and does not include any LGBTQ+ identities or narratives that challenge conventional relationships.

How does The Drunkard portray gender?

Limited

The story emphasizes patriarchal hierarchies where female characters mainly respond to male instability. The daughter's influence is tied to her romantic relationships and social interactions.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Drunkard?

Fair

The setting is a culturally uniform Greek village. Despite lacking modern multi-layered complexity, it remains true to its specific historical context.

How does The Drunkard represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story centers on traditional Mediterranean social institutions such as family and community judgment. It portrays the collapse of these structures as a personal tragedy.

Does The Drunkard include disability representation?

Limited

Alcoholism is viewed as a moral and social failing rather than a complex health issue. The protagonist serves as a tragic figure driving the plot's tension.

Present on Screen

Provides high ethnographic authenticity to its specific Greek village setting and historical period.
Offers a profound and meaningful study of socioeconomic struggle and human frailty.

Limited or Absent

Reinforces traditional patriarchal hierarchies and limits female influence to romantic relationships.
Treats addiction as a moral failing rather than exploring it through a lens of chronic illness.
Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or diverse romantic structures.

Official Synopsis

After losing his son in WW2, a poor cobbler has become a drunkard and laughing stock of the whole neighborhood, besetting his daughter. When his daughter falls in love with a rich young man, he tries in vain to hide his passion from the young man's family...

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