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Vice and Virtue
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4.6/10
Fair
1963
Not RatedDirector
Roger Vadim
Runtime
108 minutes
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Roger Vadim’s work challenges mid-century social mores by prioritizing eroticism and the deconstruction of bourgeois morality. The film succeeds in presenting a complex view of women's ability to drive the story, using the sisters to challenge the cliché of the passive victim during wartime. However, the film is limited by its narrow demographic scope. It lacks racial and LGBTQ+ diversity, reflecting the specific historical and social constraints of its 1944 European setting. Ultimately, the film's strength lies in its narrative structure. It uses a corrupt systemic framework to critique institutionalized power and explore moral relativism.
Category Breakdown
Does Vice and Virtue have LGBTQ+ representation?
The film does not include explicit LGBTQ+ characters or explore non-straight relationships. The narrative focuses on sexual dynamics between women and the influence of male-dominated forces.
How does Vice and Virtue portray gender?
The story centers on the female experience within a patriarchal military occupation. Through the sisters Juliette and Justine, the film explores different ways women can assert themselves and survive.
How racially and ethnically diverse is Vice and Virtue?
Set in Occupied France, the cast appears ethnically uniform. The focus remains on European class and political divisions within the historical context of 1944.
How does Vice and Virtue represent religion and culture?
Inspired by the Marquis de Sade, the film rejects singular Christian morality. It prioritizes situational ethics and individual survival over established societal norms and traditional virtue.
Does Vice and Virtue include disability representation?
There is no mention of characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the narrative.
Present on Screen
- Challenges traditional gender hierarchies by centering women's ability to drive the story and survival strategies.
- Engages with transgressive themes and rejects rigid, traditional moral absolutism.
- Provides a critique of institutionalized power through the lens of Nazi occupation.
Limited or Absent
- Lacks racial and ethnic diversity, remaining ethnically uniform.
- Provides no explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or characters.
- Does not include characters with visible or invisible disabilities.
Official Synopsis
1944 : Occupied France. Juliette (Vice) is Wehrmacht General Bamberg's mistress and enjoys a privileged life. Her younger sister Justine (Virtue) is about to marry Jean who is in the Resistance and come to Juliette for help. Both sisters end up at "la Commanderie", where Juliette becomes SS Colonel Schonberg's mistress and Justine is detained with other pretty girls who must satisfy the sexual needs of high-ranking nazi officials. Inspired by "Justine ou les infortunes de la vertu" by the marquis de Sade
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