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Laure

Name: Laure
Director: Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli, Emmanuelle Arsan, Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane
Released: 1976
Duration: 95 min

Representation Score

5.9/10

Fair

1976

Director

Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli, Emmanuelle Arsan, Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane

Runtime

95 minutes

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Laure successfully challenges traditional gender roles by centering on a female protagonist with significant sexual autonomy. The film's exploration of the Mara tribe's rebirth ritual offers a sophisticated critique of Western identity and permanence. However, the film struggles with a colonial gaze. The narrative remains anchored in the perspectives of European characters, treating the indigenous Mara more as philosophical backdrops than as characters with full ability to act. Ultimately, the work is a study of identity and autonomy that balances progressive gender themes against a more traditional, observational approach to non-Western cultures.

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Category Breakdown

Does Laure have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film features Myrte, the philosophical lover of the anthropologist Gualtier. Their relationship offers a nuanced departure from typical 1970s heterosexual norms.

How does Laure portray gender?

Good

Laure challenges traditional gender roles as a free spirit driven by sexual autonomy. She plays a central role in the narrative by pursuing self-actualization.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Laure?

Fair

The story focuses on European perspectives observing the indigenous Mara tribe in Manila. However, the Mara risk becoming passive subjects for Western inquiry.

How does Laure represent religion and culture?

Good

The film explores the Mara tribe's ritual of rebirth, which challenges Western concepts of linear time. This provides a critique of permanence through a fluid approach to identity.

Does Laure include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no visible or mentioned depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in the film.

Present on Screen

Laure provides a strong model of female autonomy and sexual freedom.
The film's focus on the Mara's rebirth ritual challenges Western time concepts.
The inclusion of Myrte offers a non-traditional romantic dynamic.

Limited or Absent

The narrative relies heavily on European perspectives to interpret indigenous culture.
The Mara tribe lacks narrative ability to act, serving primarily as subjects for Western observation.

Official Synopsis

At an institute in Manila, researchers and eco-tourists trade stories about the Mara tribe, who live on a remote island and have an annual festival of rebirth in which some of the tribe forget who they are and begin again. Laure is the daughter of the institute's director; she's a free spirit who has captured the fancy of Nicola, a European photographer. After a courtship in which the voyeuristic Nick indulges Laure's exhibitionism and sexual freedom, they set off for Mara land with Gualtier, an anthropologist, and his philosophical lover, Myrte. As they approach the Mara on the night of rebirth, who of the group will actually join the tribe to begin life anew?

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