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Inanimate

Name: Inanimate
Director: Lucia Bulgheroni
Released: 2018
Duration: 9 min

Representation Score

6.0/10

Fair

2018

Director

Lucia Bulgheroni

Runtime

9 minutes

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Inanimate is a psychological character study that prioritizes internal experience over social commentary. The film succeeds in centering a female protagonist's subjective reality, granting her control as her world unravels. However, the narrative lacks demographic breadth, offering little evidence of racial, ethnic, or queer diversity. The focus on a 'normal' life suggests a traditional, perhaps straight-centered, starting point that avoids systemic critique. Ultimately, the film's strength lies in its potential as an allegory for neurodivergence, even if it remains a narrow, individualistic exploration rather than a broad sociopolitical work.

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Category Breakdown

Does Inanimate have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film maintains a standard framework that assumes everyone is straight or cisgender within its domestic setting. While Katrine has an existing relationship, the narrative provides no explicit evidence regarding the gender or orientation of her partner.

How does Inanimate portray gender?

Fair

Katrine serves as a female protagonist with primary control over driving the story. However, the film lacks evidence of challenging traditional gender roles or deconstructing masculine authority.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Inanimate?

Limited

The narrative functions as a character study of a singular individual, which limits visible demographic breadth. There is no information regarding the racial or ethnic composition of the cast.

How does Inanimate represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story prioritizes metaphysical inquiry over a critique of social structures. It does not explicitly frame religion, capitalism, or Western institutions as oppressive forces.

Does Inanimate include disability representation?

Fair

Katrine’s altered perception of time and space serves as a compelling metaphor for neurodivergence or sensory processing shifts. She navigates these changes with significant control rather than passive victimhood.

Present on Screen

Centers a female protagonist's psychological autonomy and control.
Offers a powerful metaphor for neurodivergence and altered sensory perception.
Avoids clichés of passive victimhood in its depiction of mental shifts.

Limited or Absent

Lacks visible racial and ethnic diversity within the character study.
Provides no explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or queer perspectives.
Does not engage in the deconstruction of cultural or systemic norms.

Official Synopsis

Katrine leads a normal life, with a normal job and a normal relationship. But one day she awakes to find the world around her has changed. Or rather, its the same but she is seeing it with different eyes, noticing things she never saw before. Her reality starts to crumble. She becomes aware of small discontinuities in time and space, abruptly she is whipped from one place to another. Then she takes a closer look at the everyday objects around her, things she has seen and touched many times before are now flat, falling apart, fake.

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