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The Story of Good People

Name: The Story of Good People
Director: France Štiglic
Released: 1975
Duration: 99 min

Representation Score

6.5/10

Good

1975

Director

France Štiglic

Runtime

99 minutes

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France Štiglic’s drama is a humanistic study of morality rather than a work of demographic subversion. It finds its depth in the compassion of characters living on the fringes of legality. The film excels in its portrayal of sensory disability, giving Katica a meaningful role through her music. However, the narrative remains rooted in traditional frameworks and lacks modern multi-layered markers.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Story of Good People have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on traditional romantic and familial structures. There is no evidence of queer narratives or non-cisgender identities within the story.

How does The Story of Good People portray gender?

Fair

Female characters play significant emotional and narrative roles. While the central conflict is driven by men, Katica’s active role suggests a departure from purely submissive archetypes.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Story of Good People?

Fair

The story depicts a homogeneous community within a specific regional setting. The narrative does not actively challenge the ethnic homogeneity of the period.

How does The Story of Good People represent religion and culture?

Good

The film explores the tension between social order and individual impulse. It critiques economic pressures on domestic stability through the depiction of a fractured family unit.

Does The Story of Good People include disability representation?

Good

Katica’s blindness is integrated into her character's essence rather than used for mockery. Her singing provides her with a unique form of sensory ability to act.

Present on Screen

Provides meaningful representation of sensory disability through Katica's character.
Explores complex themes of moral relativism and social outcasts.
Offers nuanced emotional roles for female characters within a traditional setting.

Limited or Absent

Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender gender expressions.
Depicts a highly homogeneous community with little racial or ethnic diversity.
Relies on traditional romantic frameworks and tragic clichés.

Official Synopsis

The story is set on an island in the middle of the river Mura, where Jožef and Ana, an old couple, can bear the solitude of their life, because of their affection and their compassion for the blind Katica. The girl is living with them because her mother and stepfather work abroad and only visit her now and then. Katica sings charmingly, pleasing everybody who hears her. One day Peter, the grandson of the old couple, who is a bandit on the run from the police, comes to the house. Katica falls in love with him, her mother Marta is caught by passion. Peter is causing a lot of troubles and he is chased by the police all the time. Katica saves him with her singing in the middle of the marsh and unable to find her way out, drowns.

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