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My Name Is Eftihia

Name: My Name Is Eftihia
Director: Angelos Frantzis
Released: 2019
Duration: 123 min

Representation Score

6.1/10

Good

2019

Director

Angelos Frantzis

Runtime

123 minutes

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The film serves as a powerful character study centered on women's ability to drive the story. By following a woman's journey from domesticity to professional liberation, it successfully challenges the restrictive norms of mid-century Greece. While the narrative excels in gender representation, it remains deeply rooted in a specific ethnic and historical context. This focus provides cultural depth but offers limited scope for broader racial or LGBTQ+ exploration. Ultimately, the work is a study of individual rebellion against social hierarchies, using a singular female icon to challenge the restrictive mores of her era.

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Category Breakdown

Does My Name Is Eftihia have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film explores passionate romantic pursuits and a rejection of conventional life paths. However, there is no explicit evidence of non-straight relationships or queer subtext within the narrative.

How does My Name Is Eftihia portray gender?

Excellent

The protagonist actively resists a male-dominated world by achieving professional and creative autonomy. Her transition from a newlywed to a celebrated actress and songwriter disrupts traditional patriarchal structures.

How racially and ethnically diverse is My Name Is Eftihia?

Fair

Set within a specific mid-20th-century Mediterranean landscape, the film centers on Greek identity. It provides deep immersion into this ethnic heritage without utilizing diverse ethnic blending.

How does My Name Is Eftihia represent religion and culture?

Good

The story critiques traditional social constraints through the protagonist's rebellious lifestyle. Her choices prioritize individual expression and subjective morality over rigid, conventional social expectations.

Does My Name Is Eftihia include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no discernible mention of characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the narrative.

Present on Screen

Strong portrayal of women's ability to drive the story and professional autonomy.
Effective challenge to patriarchal dominance in male-centric spaces.
Deep immersion into specific Greek cultural and historical identity.

Limited or Absent

Lack of explicit representation regarding LGBTQ+ identities.
Narrow ethnic focus limits broader racial diversity.
No visible representation of characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

A young girl, recently married, is traveling from Aidini to Greece with her mother and her two daughters. On board the ship she decides not to let life pass her by, but to live her own way. And she goes ahead! She writes endlessly wherever she can, on napkins and cigarette boxes, to bills. She smokes, she passionately falls in love, casually gambles in luxurious salons, but also in illegal basements. A teacher who becomes an actress and plays in streets and in theaters, a poet who becomes the greatest Greek folk songwriter. She collaborates with all the famous music personalities of the country, from Vassilis Tsitsanis and Apostolos Kaldaras to Manolis Ηiotis, Antonis Repanis and Manos Hadjidakis, bravely asserting herself to a cruel and typically male-dominated world.

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