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You Tell Me

Name: You Tell Me
Director: Michael Fetter Nathansky
Released: 2019
Duration: 104 min

Representation Score

2.4/10

Limited

2019

Director

Michael Fetter Nathansky

Runtime

104 minutes

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You Tell Me is a character-driven drama that prioritizes psychological depth over traditional narrative structures. It utilizes a multi-perspective structure to explore the aftermath of violence, shifting between the victim, the protector, and the perpetrator. The film's primary achievement is its challenge to the hero/villain binary. By refusing to provide easy answers, it explores the fragmentation of truth and the subjective nature of morality. However, the work lacks measurable diversity in terms of racial, LGBTQ+, or disability representation. Its progressive engagement is limited to its deconstruction of gendered protection clichés and moral certainty.

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Category Breakdown

Does You Tell Me have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or non-cisgender identities. There is no narrative addressing the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does You Tell Me portray gender?

Good

The story focuses on women's ability to drive the plot and the complexities of sisterhood. It challenges traditional gender roles by questioning the roles of protector and protected.

How racially and ethnically diverse is You Tell Me?

Minimal

There is no mention of diverse casting or non-Anglo-Saxon majority ensembles. The absence of verifiable diverse representation results in a low score.

How does You Tell Me represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative achieves depth through moral relativism. By presenting the offender's perspective, it deconstructs traditional notions of justice and singular moral frameworks.

Does You Tell Me include disability representation?

Minimal

The film provides no evidence regarding the portrayal of physical, neurodivergent, or mental health disabilities.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional hero/villain binaries through a multi-perspective dramatic structure.
Challenges conventional gendered dynamics regarding strength and vulnerability.
Explores complex, subjective morality rather than providing clear-cut moral instruction.

Limited or Absent

Lacks verifiable representation of racial or ethnic diversity.
Provides no evidence of LGBTQ+ characters or non-cisgender identities.
Does not address physical, neurodivergent, or mental health disabilities.

Official Synopsis

After 20 years Moni (38) returns home to her sister Silke who has been attacked by a stranger. Moni is willing to do anything possible to find the attacker and to protect her sister. But is that really what Silke (34) wants? And if so, who is actually the one, to be protected? And above all, protect from who? And which role does the offender René (38) play, who doesn't even understand why he did it. A melancholic film that plays with three different perspectives and constantly reinvents itself while searching for answers.

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