
A Single Life
2014

Representation Score
Fair
2019
Director
Maja Gehrig
Runtime
7 minutes
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Average Happiness explores themes of liberation through the visual language of corporate rigidity. By showing statistical diagrams breaking free from their coordinates, the film challenges the clinical, rationalist traditions of Western bureaucracy. While the film doesn't have explicit demographic markers, it uses abstract concepts to critique structured reality and promote a more fluid, subjective experience.
Category Breakdown
The film uses abstract statistical diagrams instead of human characters, so there's no direct portrayal of LGBTQ+ identities. However, the theme of breaking free from rigid coordinates can be seen as a metaphor for rejecting strict societal norms.
By eliminating human actors, the film avoids traditional gender hierarchies. Focusing on mathematical concepts removes the usual patriarchal power dynamics found in human-centric stories.
The geometric, non-human elements in the film offer a total abstraction of race. This approach moves beyond the limitations of ethnic representation by operating in a purely conceptual space.
The film critiques Western institutionalism by showing bureaucratic structures as restrictive prisons. It emphasizes subjective experiences over rigid, empirical standards typical of Western rationalism and capitalism.
Since the film uses abstract diagrams and lacks human characters, there is no depiction of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.
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Official Synopsis
During a PowerPoint presentation, statistical diagrams are breaking free from their restrictive coordinates. A trip into the sensual world of statistics begins.

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