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The Currents

Name: The Currents
Director: Milagros Mumenthaler
Released: 2025
Duration: 104 min

Representation Score

1.6/10

Minimal

2025

Director

Milagros Mumenthaler

Runtime

104 minutes

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The film places a woman’s interior life at its center, which is a meaningful choice. Lina’s career and quiet rebellion shape the story, giving her narrative authority. However, the world around her is narrow. The cast is uniformly white and Argentine, with no LGBTQ+ presence or disability representation. The setting leans on wealth and Western institutions. Because the evidence comes mainly from a short synopsis, the scores reflect only what is clearly documented. The film’s strengths lie in its female perspective, but its diversity footprint remains limited.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Currents have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

No LGBTQ+ characters appear or are identified. The narrative centers on a heterosexual marriage unraveling, with no queer relationships or identities explored.

How does The Currents portray gender?

Good

Lina, a successful stylist, drives the plot through her internal shift and silence. Her husband reacts to her changes rather than leading the narrative.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Currents?

Minimal

The cast is entirely Argentine, with no visible racial or ethnic diversity noted. The story reflects a homogeneous social setting.

How does The Currents represent religion and culture?

Limited

The film portrays a wealthy, Westernized lifestyle, contrasting a Swiss award ceremony with a Buenos Aires home. Traditional family stability is shown as fragile.

Does The Currents include disability representation?

Minimal

No characters with physical or mental disabilities appear. The narrative focuses on emotional shifts rather than disability experiences.

Present on Screen

A woman’s internal decision drives the entire narrative forward.
Focuses on a female protagonist’s career and personal crisis.

Limited or Absent

The cast lacks racial and ethnic diversity.
No LGBTQ+ characters are included in the story.

Official Synopsis

At the height of her career, Lina, a 34-year-old Argentine stylist, is driven by a sudden impulse after an award ceremony in Switzerland. Back in Buenos Aires, she says nothing, but something in her has shifted – quiet and invisible, it subtly unravels a past she thought she had left behind.

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