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Crying?

Name: Crying?
Director: Alexander Voulgaris
Released: 2003
Duration: 100 min

Representation Score

7.8/10

Good

2003

Director

Alexander Voulgaris

Runtime

100 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Alexander Voulgaris crafts a mosaic of characters living on the periphery of social norms. The film successfully builds a diverse social tapestry through queer identity and unconventional lifestyles, challenging the idea of a standard social unit. However, the film struggles with certain clichés. While it introduces unique physical identities, it sometimes relies on reductive gendered labels and lacks clear evidence of multi-ethnic casting. This creates a tension between its unconventional character studies and its use of traditional social stigmas.

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Category Breakdown

Does Crying? have LGBTQ+ representation?

Good

The film includes Nick, a gay former child television star. His character comments on the intersection of queer identity and past fame.

How does Crying? portray gender?

Fair

Nadia offers a non-traditional female perspective as an aspiring director. However, Anna is portrayed through reductive and stigmatizing social labels.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Crying??

Fair

The cast features Monique, a French albino, indicating a move towards diversity. The film highlights physical idiosyncrasies rather than broad racial deconstruction.

How does Crying? represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative focuses on outsider characters, emphasizing subjective, messy experiences over traditional Western institutions.

Does Crying? include disability representation?

Good

Monique’s albinism and physical scars are part of the social landscape. These visible differences are integral to the character development.

Present on Screen

Features a diverse cast of 'outsider' characters with unconventional lifestyles.
Includes queer identity through the character of Nick.
Challenges traditional social cohesion by centering non-normative individuals.

Limited or Absent

Relies on reductive and stigmatizing labels for female characters.
Lacks explicit evidence of broad multi-ethnic or non-Anglo-Saxon casting.
Focuses more on physical idiosyncrasies than deep racial deconstruction.

Official Synopsis

Bill is an accountant at a film company. His boss is out for the weekend so the office is under his commands. Nadia is an aspiring young film director who thinks she is a genious. They don't know each other. Through them we see the lives of their family and friends. Nick a gay former child TV star, Alexander s fat boy who wears dead singers T-shirts, Monique a french albino with burned legs, Anna the "slut" and others...Bill does not understand that he is getting older. He is fond of little girls especially his 14 year old neighbor Jenny. Nadia on the other hand seem to be attracted only by artsy fartsy men.

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