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The Last Race

Name: The Last Race
Director: Jovan Rančić
Released: 1979
Duration: 87 min

Representation Score

4.0/10

Limited

1979

Director

Jovan Rančić

Runtime

87 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The Last Race is a localized coming-of-age drama centered on emotional ability to act and the conflict between individual sentiment and institutional logic. It finds its strength in subverting the cliché of the perfect, intact family by centering on a child of divorce. However, the film lacks multi-layered complexity. The narrative remains focused on a narrow domestic scope, offering little in the way of demographic diversity or exploration of systemic identity. Ultimately, the film functions as a traditional character study that avoids certain social clichés but fails to engage with broader social representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Last Race have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

There is no visible representation of LGBTQ+ characters or identities that challenge the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does The Last Race portray gender?

Fair

The story is driven by a young male protagonist in a divorced household. While it avoids the idealized two-parent cliché, there are no female characters in positions of power.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Last Race?

Limited

The narrative follows a conventional domestic structure without documented multi-ethnic casting. There is no information regarding the racial or ethnic makeup of the characters.

How does The Last Race represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story critiques institutional bureaucracy by pitting children against a utilitarian administration. It also depicts a drab urban setting rather than an idealized traditional environment.

Does The Last Race include disability representation?

Minimal

The film provides no evidence of characters with physical, sensory, or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

Subverts the idealized, stable two-parent household cliché by centering on a child of divorce.
Offers a critique of institutional bureaucracy through the lens of emotional ability to act.

Limited or Absent

Lacks intentional demographic diversity or multi-layered character depth.
Provides no visible representation for LGBTQ+ or multi-ethnic identities.

Official Synopsis

Twelve-year-old son of a divorced parents live in a skyscraper, but the drab of urban living is somewhat improved by the proximity of hippodrome and horse farm. Boy's favorite is a former champion named Evergreen, a stud whom the administration decides to sell to the slaughterhouse. After an unsuccessful attempt to change their mind, children steal the horse and disappear. After realizing what this horse mean to them, they give it as a present to the boy's class.

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