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Princess

Name: Princess
Director: Roberto De Paolis
Released: 2022
Duration: 110 min

Representation Score

6.7/10

Good

2022

Director

Roberto De Paolis

Runtime

110 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Princess provides a realistic portrayal of the immigrant experience, focusing on a Nigerian woman navigating the dangers of the sex trade. The film avoids the typical 'passive victim' cliché by giving its protagonist significant control and a drive for self-preservation. By focusing on the intersection of illegal status, ethnicity, and systemic exploitation, the film offers a nuanced critique of urban social systems. It highlights the perspective of an individual facing institutionalized hardships. While the film excels in racial and cultural representation, it lacks explicit LGBTQ+ identities or disability representation. The narrative remains centered on the protagonist's specific struggle for survival and autonomy.

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Category Breakdown

Does Princess have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not explicitly depict queer identities or non-traditional gender roles. It focuses on the survival of a female protagonist in the sex trade without highlighting any LGBTQ+ characters.

How does Princess portray gender?

Good

The female protagonist is shown to have significant control over her actions and the direction of the story. She is portrayed as an independent and proactive character, taking charge of her fate.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Princess?

Excellent

The film centers around a Nigerian immigrant who is the main driver of the plot. This choice challenges the typical Western-centric narrative by highlighting the intersection of ethnicity and economic struggles.

How does Princess represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The story critiques Western institutions and predatory capitalism. It emphasizes an internal strength for liberation from systemic issues, rather than relying on traditional religious or patriotic values.

Does Princess include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no documented evidence of physical or neurodivergent disabilities being portrayed in the narrative.

Present on Screen

Centers a Nigerian immigrant protagonist with strong racial representation.
Challenges gender stereotypes by showing the lead as an active, autonomous survivor.
Offers a critical view of systemic exploitation and institutional failures.

Limited or Absent

Does not include explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-traditional gender roles.
No evidence of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Princess is a young illegal immigrant from Nigeria who sells her body on the outskirts of a big city. Like an Amazon on the hunt, protected by her friends, she moves through a pinewood that stretches as far as the sea, an enchanted forest in which to find refuge, hide away from life and earn her daily bread. Every day, in order to survive, Princess has to steer clear of dangers and sentiments, follow the scent of money and dupe her clients. Her life is a succession of days that are always the same, one joins to another, without a break. Until one day, driven by an inner force to break the shackles of cynicism and exploitation, she quarrels with the friends with whom she shares the street and meets a man who wants to save her, but first she will have to save herself.

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