
Among Men
1960

Representation Score
Fair
1996
Director
Ulrich Seidl
Runtime
114 minutes
Average Rating
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Ulrich Seidl’s documentary provides a clinical look at human loneliness in a technological age. It deconstructs traditional social institutions and the sanctity of human connections by focusing on animal companionship. However, the film lacks overt demographic diversity, focusing mainly on the psychological state of individuals. Its progressive nature is found in its narrative structure rather than its casting.
Category Breakdown
The film challenges traditional views of intimacy by showing animals as life partners. It doesn't explicitly feature queer characters but questions conventional ideas of closeness.
It avoids traditional gender power dynamics, focusing instead on the shared vulnerability and isolation experienced by humans.
The film explores the emotional bond between humans and animals in urban and rural settings. It does not show a diverse cast or explore racial the way different parts of someone's identity overlap.
Seidl critiques modern Western social structures and the traditional family unit using a clinical perspective. The film emphasizes raw reality over religious or cultural traditions.
There is no information about the depiction of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in this work.
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Official Synopsis
In conurbations where hundreds of thousands live alongside one another, in the era of a highly technological society, in which communication has never played such a significant role, man has become lonely. Disappointed by his fellow human beings, he turns to animals. Dogs and other domestic animals serve him as companions, life partners, cuddly objects and bedfellows.

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