
The Yes Men Fix the World
2009

Representation Score
Good
1976
Director
Želimir Žilnik
Runtime
60 minutes
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Želimir Žilnik’s work serves as a sharp interrogation of class and authority. The film excels at deconstructing capitalist institutions through a satirical, documentary-style lens, using the protagonist's deceptive scheme to expose systemic corruption. While the film is progressive in its critique of economic power, it remains narrow in its focus on identity. It prioritizes the tension between individual ability to act and institutional decay over specific representation of underrepresented groups. Ultimately, the film is a study of systemic oppression and moral relativism rather than a showcase for diverse personal identities.
Category Breakdown
The film does not include explicit LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender gender expressions. There is no evidence of queer-coded subtext or characters driving the plot through these identities.
Mrs. Judit Angst centers the narrative as a female corporate owner. Her significant role challenges traditional patriarchal structures by placing a woman in a position of systemic power.
The film uses a multi-ethnic Yugoslavian setting. This provides a non-Western demographic that avoids the homogeneity often found in Western cinema.
The story offers a deep critique of capitalist and imperialist structures. It uses satire to explore moral relativism and the corruption of economic institutions.
Characters with visible or invisible disabilities are not central to the narrative. The film focuses almost exclusively on socioeconomic and class-based dynamics.
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Official Synopsis
A multinational company owned by Mrs Judit Angst is facing financial difficulties: she decides to hire a group of young anarchists to fake her "kidnapping". After a couple of weeks spent in confinement she will be able to justify the downfall of her company before the people and at the same time to gain the status of the opponent to the destruction and chaos.

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