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What Have They Done to Your Daughters?

Name: What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
Director: Massimo Dallamano
Released: 1974
Duration: 96 min

Representation Score

1.2/10

Minimal

1974

Director

Massimo Dallamano

Runtime

96 minutes

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This crime thriller emphasizes investigative tension over exploring diverse identities. It reinforces traditional masculine authority and relies on female vulnerability to drive the plot. The film reflects the social conditions of its time, focusing on the socioeconomic decline of the Italian urban landscape. While it critiques institutional failures, it does so through conventional means without addressing social hierarchies. Overall, the work adheres to established genre conventions rather than challenging them through an multi-layered lens, resulting in a limited representation of human experiences.

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Category Breakdown

Does What Have They Done to Your Daughters? have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or stories. Sexual and romantic relationships are focused solely on heterosexual dynamics and the exploitation of young women.

How does What Have They Done to Your Daughters? portray gender?

Limited

Vittoria Stori brings a female perspective to the legal system, but the investigative work is primarily handled by Inspector Silvestri, a male character. Female characters frequently play vulnerable or victimized roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is What Have They Done to Your Daughters??

Limited

The cast is predominantly made up of actors from similar backgrounds, reflecting the Italian cinema of the 1970s. The film does not highlight diverse identities or explore the intersection of race and ethnicity within the Roman context.

How does What Have They Done to Your Daughters? represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story presents a critical view of urban institutions and state inefficiency. However, it focuses on the procedural aspects of urban decay rather than a deeper look at religious influences.

Does What Have They Done to Your Daughters? include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no significant portrayal of individuals with physical or cognitive disabilities. Characters with disabilities are not given meaningful roles in the narrative.

Present on Screen

Includes a female character in the legal system through Vittoria Stori.
Presents a cynical yet effective critique of modern urban institutions and state inefficiency.

Limited or Absent

Does not represent any LGBTQ+ identities or stories.
Depends heavily on traditional gender hierarchies and female victimhood to advance the plot.
Features a largely homogeneous cast with minimal racial or ethnic diversity.
Does not provide meaningful roles for characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage drop-out but he is later released due to lack of evidence. The investigation, conducted by Inspector Silvestri and the assistant public prosecutor Vittoria Stori, focuses on the girl's parents. Conspiracies and horrors pile up, as do the body parts.

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