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Those Who Love, Hate

Name: Those Who Love, Hate
Director: Alejandro Maci
Released: 2017
Duration: 101 min

Representation Score

4.3/10

Fair

2017

Director

Alejandro Maci

Runtime

101 minutes

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Alejandro Maci’s thriller focuses on the psychological friction between a homeopathic physician and a manipulative woman. The film's strength lies in its portrayal of a female character who exerts significant psychological influence over the male protagonist. However, the film operates within a traditional romantic framework. It lacks explicit engagement with LGBTQ+ identities or diverse ethnic casting, focusing instead on a specific regional Argentine context. Ultimately, the work prioritizes interpersonal power dynamics and subjective morality over broader explorations of systemic identity issues.

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Category Breakdown

Does Those Who Love, Hate have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film centers on a romantic and antagonistic relationship between a male physician and a female figure. There is no indication of queer-coded subtext or non-straight relationships.

How does Those Who Love, Hate portray gender?

Fair

The female lead challenges traditional domestic roles by taking a leading role in driving the story. She manipulates men and triggers dangerous passions, showing significant psychological influence.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Those Who Love, Hate?

Fair

As an Argentine production, the film highlights regional social dynamics. It portrays a standard regional demographic rather than a multicultural or color-blind casting approach.

How does Those Who Love, Hate represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story prioritizes psychological truth and moral relativism over religious or institutional codes. It explores the volatility of human connections through the lens of fate and passion.

Does Those Who Love, Hate include disability representation?

Minimal

The narrative contains no discernible mention of characters navigating physical, neurodivergent, or mental health disabilities.

Present on Screen

Highlights a female lead who challenges traditional gender roles by exerting significant psychological influence.
Explores complex, nuanced human experiences and the volatility of emotional memory.

Limited or Absent

Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight relationships.
Does not include characters navigating physical or neurodivergent disabilities.
Focuses on regional demographics rather than a multicultural cast.

Official Synopsis

Enrique Hubermann, homeopathic physician, travels in flight from a love. By a joke of fate, in that distant place he meets the woman he wants to forget, a beautiful young woman like a demon who manipulates men and triggers dangerous passions.

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