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Joint Custody

Name: Joint Custody
Director: Alexandra Leclère
Released: 2017
Duration: 93 min

Representation Score

4.4/10

Fair

2017

Director

Alexandra Leclère

Runtime

93 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Joint Custody functions as a deconstruction of standard domesticity. By centering the plot on a woman's decision to integrate her husband's mistress into a scheduled domestic arrangement, the film moves away from traditional victimhood narratives. The strength of the film lies in its challenge of gendered power dynamics and its willingness to question the institution of monogamy. It replaces moralistic clichés with a model of pragmatic, female-led negotiation. However, the film's impact is limited by a lack of visible information regarding racial, ethnic, or disability representation. The focus remains strictly on the reconfiguration of interpersonal relationship structures.

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Category Breakdown

Does Joint Custody have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film explores non-traditional relationship dynamics through a proposed polyamorous or shared domestic arrangement. While character sexual orientations remain undefined, the story challenges traditional standards.

How does Joint Custody portray gender?

Good

The female protagonist takes a leading role in driving the story by actively reconfiguring her domestic contract after discovering infidelity. This shifts power away from patriarchal control.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Joint Custody?

Minimal

There is insufficient information available to evaluate the racial or ethnic composition of the cast.

How does Joint Custody represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative critiques the rigidity of conventional marital norms and the sanctity of the nuclear family. It promotes a pragmatic, unconventional social contract over traditional moral absolutes.

Does Joint Custody include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence regarding the inclusion of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional gender hierarchies by giving the female protagonist a significant role in driving the story.
Promotes a pragmatic, female-led negotiation over patriarchal control.
Questions the sanctity of the nuclear family through unconventional relationship structures.

Limited or Absent

Lacks visible representation of racial or ethnic diversity.
Provides no evidence of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.
Does not explicitly define the sexual orientations of the characters involved.

Official Synopsis

A wife finds out her husband has a mistress. She decides to propose her to share her life with her husband, alternating every two weeks.

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