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Alberta

Name: Alberta
Director: Eddy Terstall, Erik Wünsch
Released: 2016
Duration: 93 min

Representation Score

5.2/10

Fair

2016

Director

Eddy Terstall, Erik Wünsch

Runtime

93 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film focuses on individual autonomy and challenges traditional gender roles by presenting women as active agents in the plot. However, it lacks diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, and LGBTQ+ identities. The narrative primarily centers on a specific Western, middle-class experience, offering limited visibility for diverse backgrounds.

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Category Breakdown

Does Alberta have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or non-straight relationships in the narrative.

How does Alberta portray gender?

Good

Women play active roles in driving the plot, with Alberta initiating key actions and exercising her autonomy, while Iris is portrayed as a professional equal.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Alberta?

Limited

The story centers around a Dutch protagonist and a journey to Canada, but there is no specific mention of racial or ethnic diversity among the characters.

How does Alberta represent religion and culture?

Good

The film critiques the ideal Western lifestyle and questions the stability of middle-class and familial structures, focusing on a protagonist's loss of professional and family security.

Does Alberta include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no information about characters with physical, neurodivergent, or mental health disabilities in the film's description.

Present on Screen

Presents women as active drivers of the plot rather than passive figures.
Questions the stability of traditional middle-class and familial structures.
Highlights the professional and personal equality of women.

Limited or Absent

Does not include visible racial or ethnic diversity among the characters.
Lacks representation for LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight relationships.
Does not provide information about characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Freek is a 49-year-old advertising executive and media figure. He appears to have it all: he has won many awards in his field, has a great wife Iris and a ten year old adopted son Werner. Iris is 39 and a strong partner, professionally and personally. She's beautiful, smart and a workaholic. Freek is known in the advertising world as a charmer and womanizer. He meets a dazzling young woman, the 24-year-old Alberta, whom he falls for. She persuades him to go to the place she shares a name with; Alberta, in the Canadian Rockies. The plan is to escape life in the Netherlands and paint expressionistic landscapes of the Canadian scenery together. Boredom strikes sooner than anticipated and Alberta goes in search of adventure elsewhere, leaving Freek hopeless and alone. Can he handle life on his own?

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