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What a Honeymoon

Name: What a Honeymoon
Director: Jesús Franco
Released: 1980
Duration: 95 min

Representation Score

5.0/10

Fair

1980

Director

Jesús Franco

Runtime

95 minutes

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Jesús Franco’s work often challenges conventional social norms through transgressive themes and eroticism. In this film, this tendency is evident through the subversion of typical romantic and adventure clichés. The film’s strongest diversity element lies in its gender inversion, where the female lead is portrayed as the active adventurer and the male lead as the passive intellectual. However, the film remains constrained by its focus on a central heterosexual couple and a setting that may rely on colonial-era clichés. Explicit representation of other identities is not established.

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Category Breakdown

Does What a Honeymoon have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film centers around a newlywed couple, but its erotic elements hint at a focus on sexual freedom. It does not include any characters with non-straight or non-cisgender identities.

How does What a Honeymoon portray gender?

Good

The story flips traditional gender roles by making Yolanda the adventurous protagonist and Simón the passive, intellectual figure.

How racially and ethnically diverse is What a Honeymoon?

Fair

Set on a tropical island, the film hints at a non-Western environment. However, it does not confirm the depth of non-white characters' involvement or the diversity of the cast.

How does What a Honeymoon represent religion and culture?

Good

The plot emphasizes hedonism and personal freedom over institutional values. The chaotic treasure hunt reflects a framework of moral relativism and subjective experiences.

Does What a Honeymoon include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not feature any characters with physical or neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Present on Screen

Flips traditional gender roles by portraying the female lead as the adventurer and the male lead as the passive intellectual.
Rejects traditional masculine protector roles through the characterization of the male lead.
Embraces a hedonistic, individualistic worldview that challenges structured social orders.

Limited or Absent

Does not include any characters with non-straight or non-cisgender identities.
Does not feature any characters with physical or neurodevelopmental disabilities.
The tropical setting hints at potential racial diversity but does not confirm it.

Official Synopsis

Two newlyweds, Yolanda, an adventurer, and Simón, a young bookworm, travel to Banana Island, where they enjoy the days of wine and roses of their honeymoon until a particularly ridiculous dying man gives them a simple scrap of paper, thus putting into motion a crazy treasure hunt, as fun and erotic as it is dangerous. (Filmed in 1979, lost around January 1980 and found by chance in 2018, in the vaults of the Spanish Film Archive.)

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