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The Knights of the Round Bed

Name: The Knights of the Round Bed
Director: Gerardo Sofovich
Released: 1973
Duration: 103 min

Representation Score

2.1/10

Limited

1973

Director

Gerardo Sofovich

Runtime

103 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film is a period-specific social comedy that reinforces conventional gender roles and traditional domestic structures. It primarily explores urban middle-class life in Buenos Aires, focusing on social archetypes and established social dynamics. While it provides a localized cultural perspective, it does not challenge traditional hierarchies or offer characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Knights of the Round Bed have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on heterosexual relationships and the infidelity of married men. There are no queer narratives or non-cisgender identities represented.

How does The Knights of the Round Bed portray gender?

Limited

Male characters drive the plot through their pursuit of affairs, while female characters are either objects of desire or suspicious observers in the home.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Knights of the Round Bed?

Limited

The cast likely reflects a homogeneous urban middle-class demographic. There is no indication of diverse casting or efforts to include different backgrounds.

How does The Knights of the Round Bed represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film celebrates local Buenos Aires archetypes and traditional Western institutions such as marriage and the nuclear family.

Does The Knights of the Round Bed include disability representation?

Minimal

The provided material contains no information regarding the depiction of physical or neurodivergent characters.

Present on Screen

Offers a localized cultural study of Buenos Aires social archetypes and urban friendship styles.

Limited or Absent

Lacks meaningful representation of non-cisgender identities or queer narratives.
Reinforces traditional gender hierarchies by positioning women as objects or domestic observers.
Does not challenge conventional social structures or provide diverse racial perspectives.

Official Synopsis

Alberto, Jorge, Ricardo and Tristan are employees of a shoe store, all are married and share the friendship also between their wives. The 4 friends, faithful to the rogue style of Buenos Aires, go out of their way to have love affairs with the beautiful customers of the shoe store, and for that purpose one day they decide to rent, secretly, an apartment to use as a "bulín". The problems begin from then on, as everyone wants to be the first to release it and then, successively, take turns for their adventures. As is to be expected, it does not take long for the first entanglements to appear, while their wives seem to begin to suspect the adventures of these four typical Buenos Aires chantas.

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