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2022

Representation Score
Minimal
1981
Director
Serge Pénard
Runtime
90 minutes
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Le Chêne d'Allouville primarily functions as a localized critique of institutional corruption and land speculation. The narrative prioritizes the tension between a community and self-serving political figures over diverse identity representation. While the film effectively challenges the integrity of traditional Western political institutions, it lacks demographic breadth. The focus remains on the struggle to save a thousand-year-old oak tree from urban expansion driven by greed. Ultimately, the work serves as a study of community ability to act against systemic corruption rather than a platform for diverse social representation.
Category Breakdown
The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or stories about non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities. The plot focuses solely on environmental and political conflicts.
The story centers on a male-dominated political hierarchy, with the deputy and mayor playing key roles. While the village protests collectively, the main drivers of corruption are male-dominated positions.
Set in a small Norman village, the setting implies a culturally homogeneous environment. There is no indication of a multi-ethnic cast or diverse identities within the community.
The film offers a sharp critique of Western institutional corruption. It challenges the idea of local government as virtuous by portraying authority figures as self-serving speculators.
There is no evidence of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities. The narrative does not address disability representation.
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Official Synopsis
The small Norman village of Allouville is proud of its thousand-year-old oak tree. But one day, a project of enlargement threatens the tree. The deputy Charles Crétois was keen on this project, which allowed him to continue the speculation he had been indulging in on certain lands. He is supported by the mayor of Allouville to whom he promised the Legion of Honor. But the whole village protests: they want to save the oak tree.

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