Indya Moore stars as a prominent transgender lead, normalizing non-cisnormative identities without reducing the character to trauma. This casting choice integrates queer visibility into the broader family dynamic, avoiding tokenism.

The film deconstructs traditional gender roles by portraying emotionally distant, flawed parents rather than nurturing mothers or stoic fathers. Female characters exhibit complex agency, moving beyond submissive archetypes to independent, complicated individuals.

While the cast includes Black actors like Indya Moore, racial identity is not a primary driver of the plot. Diversity appears in casting choices across international settings rather than being deeply woven into intersectional narrative conflicts.

Jarmusch critiques Western nuclear family structures, framing them as sources of tension rather than sanctuary. The global settings of USA, France, and Ireland suggest a perspective that questions American-centric familial expectations and traditional social norms.

The narrative focuses on psychological states like grief and estrangement rather than physical or neurodivergent disabilities. There is no explicit evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities, resulting in a low score for this category.