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When the Cat is Missing!

Name: When the Cat is Missing!
Director: Alekos Sakellarios
Released: 1962
Duration: 73 min

Representation Score

1.4/10

Minimal

1962

Director

Alekos Sakellarios

Runtime

73 minutes

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Alekos Sakellarios's comedy is a quintessential product of its time, using a classic 'comedy of errors' structure. The film upholds rather than challenges the social and gender hierarchies of 1960s Mediterranean society. It focuses on class conflicts and social mobility through comedic misunderstandings but does not meet modern standards for representing diverse identities or subverting institutional norms.

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Category Breakdown

Does When the Cat is Missing! have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film centers on traditional heterosexual relationships and courtship rituals. It does not include characters with diverse gender identities or challenge assumptions about gender norms.

How does When the Cat is Missing! portray gender?

Limited

The story follows traditional gender roles of the 1960s, where women are primarily portrayed as objects of affection or mistaken identity. Their roles are closely tied to their desirability and domestic duties.

How racially and ethnically diverse is When the Cat is Missing!?

Limited

The film reflects the demographics of 1962 Greece, focusing on a Greek social environment without much diversity or challenging ethnic stereotypes.

How does When the Cat is Missing! represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story examines class differences through a traditional comedy of manners, emphasizing social cohesion and the preservation of class status through romantic relationships.

Does When the Cat is Missing! include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no characters with visible or invisible disabilities mentioned in the narrative.

Present on Screen

The film offers period-specific commentary on class distinctions and social hierarchies.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities and non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
Gender roles are traditional, with female roles tied to domesticity and desirability.
The cast and setting reflect a homogeneous Greek social environment.

Official Synopsis

A wealthy family is on a cruise. A rich young man falls in love with the family's maid and mistakes her for the businessman's daughter. A singer falls in love with the real daughter, and when he arrives with the rich young man at the businessman's house to ask for the rich daughter's hand in marriage, a misunderstanding arises with funny twists and turns.

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