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A Daughter

Name: A Daughter
Director: Ivano De Matteo
Released: 2025
Duration: 103 min

Representation Score

8.2/10

Excellent

2025

Director

Ivano De Matteo

Runtime

103 minutes

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A Daughter explores the complexities of modern family life, moving away from idealized stability towards a more turbulent examination of grief and kinship. It successfully dismantles traditional roles, especially through its portrayal of a caring, vulnerable father figure. The film excels in its psychological depth and its rejection of the 'perfect family' cliché. By focusing on the challenges of rebuilding after loss, it offers a realistic, character-driven drama. However, the film's diversity is limited by a lack of explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities and physical disabilities.

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Category Breakdown

Does A Daughter have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film doesn't explicitly confirm any LGBTQ+ identities or romantic relationships. While the focus on inclusive relationships hints at non-straight relationships, there are no clear depictions of LGBTQ+ characters.

How does A Daughter portray gender?

Good

Pietro challenges traditional masculinity by emphasizing emotional vulnerability and care over dominance. The daughter's strong emotions play a key role in driving the main conflict.

How racially and ethnically diverse is A Daughter?

Fair

Thony's casting suggests a move toward more diverse representation. Although specific ethnic backgrounds aren't detailed, the presence of diverse actors indicates potential for layered diversity.

How does A Daughter represent religion and culture?

Good

The film focuses on secular healing through personal connections. It questions traditional Western family stability by highlighting the tension in forming new family units.

Does A Daughter include disability representation?

Fair

There is no explicit mention of physical or neurodivergent disabilities. However, the focus on psychological trauma suggests that mental health and emotional struggles are central to the story.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional masculinity by emphasizing emotional vulnerability and care.
Avoids the 'perfect family' cliché in favor of complex, emotionally turbulent relationships.
Focuses on subjective emotional truth and secular recovery over institutional or religious structures.

Limited or Absent

Lacks clear depiction of LGBTQ+ identities and romantic relationships.
Does not provide evidence of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.
Specific racial and ethnic backgrounds of the ensemble are not clearly defined in the narrative.

Official Synopsis

A middle-aged man, Pietro, becomes a widower and must take care of his daughter. He will never have the time to delve into his own pain, committing himself to raising his daughter with love and dedication, in an all-encompassing relationship in which one heals the other's wounds through his own. When, after a few years, he tries to start a new life with a new partner, not everything will go as hoped: his daughter's reaction will be exaggerated and Pietro will be put to the test. He will find himself struggling between anger and paternal instinct.

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