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The Cache

Name: The Cache
Director: Thomas Korthals Altes
Released: 2017
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

8.1/10

Excellent

2017

Director

Thomas Korthals Altes

Runtime

90 minutes

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The Cache disrupts traditional gender clichés by featuring a highly intelligent female protagonist in a technical thriller. Lillian’s active role provides a progressive counter-narrative to typical genre roles. However, the film lacks specific representation of racial, ethnic, or LGBTQ+ identities. The narrative remains focused on ideological tensions between individual activism and institutional authority.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Cache have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes. However, the concept of identity deception hints at potential for exploring diverse identities.

How does The Cache portray gender?

Good

Lillian stands out as a strong female protagonist in the male-dominated cybersecurity field. She actively drives the investigation and is not a supporting character.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Cache?

Fair

The film focuses on professional and ideological conflicts rather than racial dynamics. There is no information available about the ethnic makeup of the cast or character arcs.

How does The Cache represent religion and culture?

Good

The story questions Western institutions and corporate transparency, exploring the moral ambiguity between digital activism and terrorism in financial systems.

Does The Cache include disability representation?

Fair

The film does not feature any characters with visible or invisible disabilities. There is no mention of neurodivergent or other disability-related characterizations.

Present on Screen

Subverts traditional gender stereotypes by placing a female lead in a high-intelligence, actively leading role.
Challenges institutional authority through a narrative centered on systemic critique and corporate opacity.
Explores complex moral ambiguity around the distinction between activism and terrorism.

Limited or Absent

Lacks clear evidence of racial or ethnic diversity among the cast and character arcs.
Does not include any explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth narratives.
Does not address disability representation or neurodivergent characterizations.

Official Synopsis

Highly intelligent hacker Lillian joins a cybersecurity company in order to gain access to the bank where her father used to work. She discovers nothing is what it seems and it turns out she isn’t the only one pretending to be someone else. But where do we draw the line between activism and terrorism?

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