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Not the Most Lucky Day

Name: Not the Most Lucky Day
Director: Yuri Yegorov
Released: 1967
Duration: 86 min

Representation Score

3.3/10

Limited

1967

Director

Yuri Yegorov

Runtime

86 minutes

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The film serves as a domestic character study that challenges the cliché of the perfect socialist family. By focusing on marital failure and personal misfortune, it provides a humanistic look at social friction. However, it adheres to the conventional social boundaries of 1967 Soviet cinema, lacking broader diversity and characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity.

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Category Breakdown

Does Not the Most Lucky Day have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on a traditional Soviet family. There is no indication of LGBTQ+ identities or same-sex relationships in the story.

How does Not the Most Lucky Day portray gender?

Fair

The story examines a wife's role as she seeks a divorce through a people's court. However, the power dynamics between the spouses are not fully clarified.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Not the Most Lucky Day?

Limited

The narrative reflects a homogeneous society typical of the era. It lacks a multi-ethnic cast or diverse racial representation.

How does Not the Most Lucky Day represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film offers a nuanced view of Soviet social institutions. It avoids idealized domesticity by highlighting the friction within the social fabric.

Does Not the Most Lucky Day include disability representation?

Minimal

No characters have visible or invisible disabilities in this domestic character study.

Present on Screen

The film offers a humanistic approach to social friction and personal misfortune.
It avoids purely idealized portrayals of the domestic sphere by exploring marital dissolution.

Limited or Absent

The narrative lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or same-sex relationships.
The social landscape remains homogeneous, lacking multi-ethnic or diverse racial perspectives.
There is no visible or invisible disability representation within the character set.

Official Synopsis

One day in the life of a simple Soviet family. Spouses Stepanov's on that day decided to terminate the marriage, for which they need to appear in the people's court. This day is not the most successful for them. They leave their little daughter Dunya to the brother of Nadya Stepanova — Nikita. But for him this is also not a very successful day: recording on the radio, an exam at a theater institute, and even a quarrel with his girlfriend...

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