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All Three of Us

Name: All Three of Us
Director: Kheiron
Released: 2015
Duration: 102 min

Representation Score

6.2/10

Good

2015

Director

Kheiron

Runtime

102 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

All Three of Us is a significant piece of cinema that uses a 'comedy of survival' to navigate the intersections of geopolitics and migration. It successfully challenges conventional Western biographical clichés by centering the ability to act of a underrepresented ethnic group. The film's primary strength is its ability to deconstruct historical narratives of both the East and the West. By framing the transition from the Shah to the Ayatollah through a comedic lens, it provides a unique perspective on systemic instability. However, the film's focus remains heavily weighted toward ethnic and political identity. This leaves less room for the exploration of queer identities or specific gendered power dynamics, resulting in a more moderate score for those categories.

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Category Breakdown

Does All Three of Us have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on a family navigating political changes between Iran and France. There are no explicit LGBTQ+ characters or critiques of the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does All Three of Us portray gender?

Fair

The story centers on a family surviving systemic shifts under the Shah and the Ayatollah. While female resilience is implied, there is no specific data on challenging gender hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is All Three of Us?

Excellent

The film excels by centering the Iranian immigrant experience. It disrupts Western-centric cinematic gazes by placing a non-Anglo-Saxon family at the heart of the story.

How does All Three of Us represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film uses comedy to navigate heavy themes like revolution and oppression. It explores the tension between traditional Middle Eastern structures and Western secularism through a sophisticated lens.

Does All Three of Us include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no discernible focus on physical or neurodivergent disabilities within the provided narrative context.

Present on Screen

Centers the Iranian immigrant experience, providing high ability to act to characters of color.
Uses comedy effectively to process trauma like prison and assassination.
Disrupts traditional Western-centric cinematic gazes.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit representation or centering of LGBTQ+ characters.
Limited evidence regarding the deconstruction of gender hierarchies.
Does not address physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.

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