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Even Lovers Get the Blues

Even Lovers Get the Blues

Representation Score

3.6/10

Limited

2016

Unrated

Director

Laurent Micheli

Runtime

105 minutes

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Laurent Micheli's drama explores grief through modern intimacy rather than traditional solemnity. The film focuses on how a group copes with loss through physical closeness and fluid interpersonal connections. It successfully challenges established social norms around emotional expression and masculinity. However, the film's diversity is limited due to a lack of specific data on racial and disability representation, focusing mainly on subverting emotional and social norms.

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Category Breakdown

Does Even Lovers Get the Blues have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film examines non-traditional ways of dealing with emotions through intimate encounters. This approach highlights diverse expressions of intimacy and non-conventional relationship structures.

How does Even Lovers Get the Blues portray gender?

Fair

The story breaks down traditional masculine toughness by focusing on shared vulnerability. It emphasizes a community-oriented and physically expressive emotional environment among peers.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Even Lovers Get the Blues?

Minimal

There is insufficient information to determine the racial composition of the ensemble cast or any multi-layered ethnic dynamics.

How does Even Lovers Get the Blues represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative questions typical societal expectations by emphasizing personal emotional freedom. It steers clear of traditional Western funeral and mourning customs.

Does Even Lovers Get the Blues include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no indication of characters facing physical, sensory, or neurological differences.

Present on Screen

  • Challenges traditional emotional and masculine norms.
  • Rebuts conventional Western funeral and social norms through unique mourning practices.
  • Examines non-conventional relationship structures and diverse expressions of intimacy.

Limited or Absent

  • Does not visibly represent racial or ethnic diversity among the main characters.
  • Does not depict characters navigating physical or neurological differences.

Official Synopsis

After the sudden death of one of them a group of friends grieves trough sexual encounters.

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