
Shakti
2019

Representation Score
Good
2014
PG-13Director
Martín Rejtman
Runtime
104 minutes
Average Rating
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Martín Rejtman’s film disrupts conventional storytelling by treating a violent act with everyday continuity. It avoids the melodrama typically associated with trauma, choosing instead to explore narrative detachment and situational ethics. The film challenges traditional social roles and moral structures by prioritizing individualistic, often disconnected behaviors. However, its impact is limited by a lack of explicit representation of underrepresented groups. While it subverts norms, it does not provide clear markers for many underrepresented identities.
Category Breakdown
The film avoids typical romantic storylines, focusing instead on unique social bonds. It doesn't follow traditional heterosexual storylines, challenging common relationship expectations.
Women in the film play significant roles, such as the mother traveling alone and a woman joining the wind ensemble. These roles challenge traditional views of women.
As a local Argentine film, it focuses on individual character stories. The ethnic diversity among the characters is not clearly defined within the individual-focused narrative.
The film questions traditional Western ideas of justice and redemption by showing trauma as ordinary. It also challenges the idea of the nuclear family by showing its members as loosely connected.
The main character survives self-inflicted injuries, introducing themes of physical and mental trauma. It is unclear if these themes are explored through the character's actions.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
Mariano, 16, inexplicably and without warning, shoots himself twice and improbably survives. Then, life goes on. His brother pursues a romance with a girl working at a fast-food joint, his mother takes off on a trip with a stranger, and Mariano recruits a woman to join his medieval wind ensemble.

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