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Plurality

Name: Plurality
Director: Aozaru Shiao
Released: 2021
Duration: 107 min

Representation Score

7.5/10

Good

2021

Director

Aozaru Shiao

Runtime

107 minutes

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Using a high-concept science fiction framework, the film examines fragmented identity by focusing on a protagonist sharing consciousness with the deceased. It shifts the focus from external actions to internal struggles, challenging the idea of a unified self. However, the film's diversity remains mostly thematic, with secondary characters and diverse identities not fully developed.

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Category Breakdown

Does Plurality have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film uses the idea of shared consciousness to represent identity fluidity, even though it doesn't mention any specific LGBTQ identities.

How does Plurality portray gender?

Fair

The story focuses on a male protagonist solving a mystery, following a traditional thriller format but with potential to challenge typical male control.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Plurality?

Fair

The protagonist's name hints at an East Asian cultural background, which breaks from the usual Western sci-fi setting, though we don't know much about the secondary characters.

How does Plurality represent religion and culture?

Good

The story questions the authority of legal institutions by showing police as obstacles rather than protectors, emphasizing personal morality over external systems.

Does Plurality include disability representation?

Good

The film explores neurodivergence and altered cognitive states through shared consciousness and coma recovery, highlighting the protagonist's internal struggles.

Present on Screen

Explores neurodivergence through shared consciousness and altered cognitive states.
Breaks from Western-centric sci-fi clichés with an East Asian cultural context.
Questions traditional authority by presenting legal institutions as obstacles.

Limited or Absent

Could include more explicit LGBTQ identities or dynamics.
Should consider expanding beyond a traditional male protagonist.
Needs to establish deeper characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity among secondary characters.

Official Synopsis

After a bizarre bus accident, Ming Ze awakens from a coma to discover that his mind now shares the consciousness of four fellow passengers – all of them dead; all of them suspects in a serial kidnapping and murder case. To prove his own innocence, Ming evades capture by the police and tries to track down the killer’s only surviving victim. But in order to unmask the murderer’s true identity, Ming must first fight the monster within himself.

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