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Your Will Be Done

Name: Your Will Be Done
Director: Till Endemann
Released: 2017
Duration: 88 min

Representation Score

6.5/10

Good

2017

Director

Till Endemann

Runtime

88 minutes

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Till Endemann's drama dismantles the idea of religious leadership as infallible. Instead of following a traditional savior story, the film emphasizes the inability of organized religion to accommodate individual autonomy and non-normative identities. The contrast between the Klare couple's success and Simon's personal crises creates a critical examination of the friction between institutional beliefs and real-life experiences. This results in a sophisticated exploration of these deep-rooted ideological tensions. While the film effectively explores conflicts based on identity, it does not provide much information about racial or ethnic diversity. Its strength lies in its refusal to offer simple solutions to these complex issues.

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Category Breakdown

Does Your Will Be Done have LGBTQ+ representation?

Good

Simon's homosexuality is a key factor in the conflicts within the story. The film examines the challenges faced by someone who identifies as LGBTQ within strict, religious environments.

How does Your Will Be Done portray gender?

Fair

Johannes and Lydia Klare both play important roles in their community. However, their leadership is closely tied to the central religious framework. women's ability to drive the story is present but limited by the religious structure.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Your Will Be Done?

Minimal

The film does not explicitly mention racial or ethnic diversity among the main characters or settings. The story focuses on conflicts arising from socio-economic and identity differences.

How does Your Will Be Done represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film criticizes the rigidity of Western religious institutions. It highlights the conflicts between traditional faith and modern social realities, especially concerning non-normative identities.

Does Your Will Be Done include disability representation?

Good

Simon's struggles with substance-induced issues provide a detailed look at addiction. The narrative uses his vulnerability to explore the ethical limits of the religious community.

Present on Screen

Avoids the traditional 'savior' cliché by focusing on the structural limitations of organized religion.
Explores the complex relationship between sexual orientation and traditional faith.
Uses addiction to test the ethical boundaries of religious institutions.

Limited or Absent

Could include more explicit representation of racial and ethnic diversity.
women's ability to drive the story is still heavily influenced by the established religious and communal hierarchy.

Official Synopsis

For Johannes and Lydia Klare, their faith in God comes first. Together they lead a small community in Stuttgart, successfully. People listen to them, they are becoming more and more close to them. There are even plans to make the donor-funded community much bigger by the generous contributions of Volker. First of all, the couple have quite different, more urgent points to take care of. When one day they watch the homeless street-boy Simon drifting back and forth in drug-related crises, they take him in for a short while. Together they want to help him again on the right path. But it is not just the drugs that are causing conflicts. Simon's homosexuality also presents the two with great challenge, since it is not so easy to unite with their faith.

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