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Credo in un solo padre

Name: Credo in un solo padre
Director: Luca Guardabascio
Released: 2019

Representation Score

3.9/10

Limited

2019

Director

Luca Guardabascio

Runtime

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Credo in un solo padre is a period drama that deconstructs the sanctity of the traditional family. It uses a small-town setting to critique how systemic indifference and patriarchal structures facilitate violence against women and children. The film succeeds in exploring complex gendered power dynamics. By framing the male characters as sources of instability or abuse, it challenges the cliché of the protective patriarch. However, the narrative lacks diversity in terms of LGBTQ+ representation and multi-ethnic casting. The historical setting suggests a homogeneous demographic, which limits the scope of racial and identity-based exploration.

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Category Breakdown

Does Credo in un solo padre have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on a family structure where everyone is assumed to be straight and cisgender. There are no queer narratives or non-cisgender identities in the story.

How does Credo in un solo padre portray gender?

Good

The narrative centers on the victimization of women, challenging traditional gender hierarchies. It portrays male figures as catalysts for tragedy or sources of predatory behavior.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Credo in un solo padre?

Fair

Set in Southern Italy, the film likely depicts a homogeneous Mediterranean demographic. The focus remains on regional socio-economic struggles rather than ethnic diversity.

How does Credo in un solo padre represent religion and culture?

Good

The story critiques traditional communal morality and Western institutions. It portrays the community as complicit and indifferent rather than a pillar of morality.

Does Credo in un solo padre include disability representation?

Minimal

The synopsis provides no information regarding characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional gender hierarchies by centering female victimization.
Provides a progressive critique of patriarchal family units and communal indifference.
Explores complex socio-economic themes through the lens of regional emigration.

Limited or Absent

Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender narratives.
Shows no evidence of disability representation or neurodivergent characters.
Maintains a homogeneous demographic consistent with a specific historical setting.

Official Synopsis

Falcino, a small town in the south of Italy. No one sees. No one hears. Nobody talks. But everyone knows. And so they all become accomplices of a tragedy against women, against kids, against a family. A story of violence and slavery. Indifference is stronger than their conscience. Maria, a young mother of a family, lives with her husband Gerardo and her two children, Rocco e Carmela, on her father-in-law's farm: "grandpà" Giuseppe. Gerardo decides to emigrate to Austria to earn more money so as to allow a more comfortable life for the family. This absence will be the beginning of a nightmare that will lead Maria and her daughter to be victims of abuse of an unscrupulous ogre (monster).

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