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12 Days

Name: 12 Days
Director: Raymond Depardon
Released: 2017
Duration: 87 min

Representation Score

7.3/10

Good

2017

Director

Raymond Depardon

Runtime

87 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Raymond Depardon uses a documentary style to explore the intersection of justice and psychiatry. The film avoids the dramatic aspects of courtrooms, opting instead for a critical look at systemic structures through observational realism. While the film offers a realistic view of professional hierarchies, it does not actively seek to challenge identity-based narratives. Instead, it serves as a reflection of the current social landscape without relying on overt narrative subversion or heroic clichés.

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Category Breakdown

Does 12 Days have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on a judicial institution without highlighting LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight relationships. This results in a neutral portrayal of LGBTQ+ issues.

How does 12 Days portray gender?

Fair

Women are shown in positions of authority, such as judges and lawyers. However, the film maintains a formal tone and does not challenge traditional gender roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is 12 Days?

Fair

The cast reflects the demographics of the French judicial system. There is no clear effort to center non-white perspectives as the main narrative focus.

How does 12 Days represent religion and culture?

Good

The film examines the bureaucracy of the judicial system by focusing on the everyday aspects of legal proceedings. This approach implicitly questions the efficiency and morality of Western institutions.

Does 12 Days include disability representation?

Fair

The film explores the intersection of justice and psychiatry, engaging with mental health issues. Defendants are shown clinically, often acting as subjects rather than agents of change.

Present on Screen

Shows women in positions of authority within the judicial system.
Maintains a clinical, observational approach to mental health and neurodivergence.
Critiques the efficiency of Western institutional power by focusing on the everyday aspects of legal bureaucracy.

Limited or Absent

Could include more efforts to highlight non-white perspectives and challenge Eurocentric norms.
Needs to address narrative strategies to actively critique straight-centered norms and LGBTQ+ identities.
Should give more attention to mental health and disability as agents of empowerment rather than just subjects of the legal process.

Official Synopsis

A new documentary by filmmaker-photographer Raymond Depardon – where justice and psychiatry meet.

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