
Just Believe
2018

Representation Score
Fair
2018
Director
Samad Zarmandili
Runtime
95 minutes
Average Rating
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The film disrupts conventional power dynamics by bringing together underrepresented workers and religious figures. Its strength lies in highlighting female leadership and subverting traditional institutional hierarchies. However, the narrative focuses primarily on socio-economic struggles in Italy, resulting in limited representation of racial diversity, LGBTQ+ identities, and disability.
Category Breakdown
The film does not include any explicit references to LGBTQ+ characters or non-straight relationships. There are no visible representations of LGBTQ+ identities or narratives centered around these identities.
The story centers on women who take active roles in shaping their own destinies, both within secular and religious contexts. These women challenge traditional patriarchal structures by taking charge of their own survival.
The narrative focuses on socio-economic struggles in Northeast Italy, with little evidence of a diverse cast reflecting multiple ethnicities. The story highlights class-based conflicts rather than racial diversity.
The film critiques traditional institutions by presenting the factory and convent as entities that require radical change. It emphasizes collective action and situational ethics against established economic and religious structures.
There are no characters with visible or invisible disabilities featured in the narrative.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
In the northeast of Italy, the workers of a lingerie factory are about to be fired. Not far away, a handful of nuns, skilled in the art of embroidery and devoted to the Blessed Armida, risk being removed from their beloved convent. To oppose a destiny already marked, workers and nuns join forces and start a "business" outside the rules in the hopes that a miracle will help them keep the convent and the factory.

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