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The Holy Quaternity

Name: The Holy Quaternity
Director: Jan Hřebejk
Released: 2012
Duration: 78 min

Representation Score

4.7/10

Fair

2012

Unrated

Director

Jan Hřebejk

Runtime

78 minutes

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The film serves as a critique of traditional social structures, moving away from the promotion of stable family units. It explores the breakdown of conventional social norms through a comedic lens. While the film challenges rigid marital structures, it remains set in a homogeneous social context. The narrative focuses on the fluidity of human desire rather than diverse identity representation. Ultimately, the work successfully critiques institutional fidelity, though it falls short in representing racial and disability diversity.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Holy Quaternity have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film examines unconventional sexual dynamics and challenges traditional monogamy. However, it does not focus on LGBTQ+ identities, instead highlighting extramarital attractions between long-term partners.

How does The Holy Quaternity portray gender?

Fair

The story disrupts traditional gender roles by emphasizing sexual autonomy and dissatisfaction. It dismantles the stable husband stereotype through characters dealing with complex, non-traditional relationships.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Holy Quaternity?

Limited

The film takes place in a relatively uniform social environment. There is no indication of significant racial or ethnic diversity within this middle-aged social dynamic.

How does The Holy Quaternity represent religion and culture?

Good

The story criticizes the strictness of traditional institutions such as marriage. It adopts a secular, postmodern perspective where personal desires are prioritized over religious or societal norms.

Does The Holy Quaternity include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities in the film.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional gender roles and the idealized stable husband archetype.
Uses moral relativism to critique the rigidity of marriage and religious sanctity.
Explores complex, non-traditional interpersonal relationships and sexual autonomy.

Limited or Absent

Lacks significant racial or ethnic diversity within its social setting.
Does not center LGBTQ+ identities as a primary narrative driver.
Provides no representation of characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Marital fidelity can wear you down, and Ondra and Vitek are certainly suffering from a case of serious fatigue. Working side by side and living next door to each other, it doesn't take long before these two long-married middle-aged pals start comparing sex notes, and it's plain to see their latest scores have fallen far below what they would have hoped. Luckily, a surprise holiday on a tropical island rekindles their interest in their wives - only they don't exacly lust after their designated partners. With no one to divert their attention, their roaming eyes inevitably settle on the wrong spouse, and pretty soon they've established their own little Holy Quaternity.

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