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Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss

Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss

Representation Score

4.5/10

Fair

2020

Unrated

Director

Vivieno Caldinelli

Runtime

93 minutes

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The film primarily functions as a genre-driven exercise in horror and comedy. Its narrative strength lies in the subversion of social order and the deconstruction of institutional stability through the cult motif. However, the work lacks clear evidence of diverse character representation and identity-based ability to act. The demographic breadth is limited, focusing mainly on a traditional romantic pair without clear identity-based diversity.

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Category Breakdown

Does Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on a small-town couple, but their specific sexual orientations are not defined. There is no clear depiction of non-traditional gender identities or critiques of the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss portray gender?

Fair

The story revolves around a domestic unit facing a cult threat. Although the horror-comedy genre often challenges traditional masculine roles, the specific influence of the female lead is not clearly established.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss?

Limited

The narrative does not provide information about the racial or ethnic makeup of the cast. The shift from a small town to a big city could offer opportunities to explore urban diversity, but this is not confirmed.

How does Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss represent religion and culture?

Good

The film examines the disruption of spiritual stability through its focus on a deranged cult. It implicitly criticizes organized belief systems by portraying them as sources of chaos and violence.

Does Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no indication of characters with visible or invisible disabilities within the narrative.

Present on Screen

  • The cult motif provides a platform to critique the stability of organized religious and spiritual institutions.
  • The genre-bending approach offers potential for deconstructing traditional social roles and masculine archetypes.

Limited or Absent

  • The film lacks clear evidence of racial or ethnic diversity within the cast or setting.
  • There is a lack of documented characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity or ability to act for LGBTQ+ and disabled characters.

Official Synopsis

A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a deranged cult.

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