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Home Team

Name: Home Team
Director: Carlos Andrés Morelli
Released: 2017
Duration: 102 min

Representation Score

4.3/10

Fair

2017

TV-14

Director

Carlos Andrés Morelli

Runtime

102 minutes

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Home Team provides a realistic portrayal of socio-economic mobility and the impact of economic pressures on families. By focusing on a young athlete's journey, the film explores how sudden wealth can disrupt traditional authority structures. While the film successfully presents a non-Western perspective and challenges traditional patriarchal norms, it remains limited in its exploration of diverse identities. It does not delve deeply into multi-layered issues such as gender ability to act or LGBTQ+ representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Home Team have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film does not explicitly include LGBTQ+ characters or explore non-cisgender identities. It focuses on a traditional coming-of-age story centered around sports and family.

How does Home Team portray gender?

Fair

The story revolves around a male protagonist who challenges traditional patriarchal hierarchies. However, female characters play minor roles and have limited influence in the plot.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Home Team?

Good

The film highlights socio-economic mobility and features a non-Western cultural context focused on overcoming poverty. It provides meaningful representation of characters striving to improve their socio-economic status.

How does Home Team represent religion and culture?

Fair

The narrative examines the breakdown of traditional institutions and social structures. It portrays a complex view of the family unit influenced by economic changes, showing how these shifts reshape societal roles.

Does Home Team include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no characters with physical, neurodivergent, or mental health disabilities mentioned in the film.

Present on Screen

Explores complex socio-economic mobility and the realities of escaping poverty.
Challenges traditional patriarchal hierarchies by shifting domestic power dynamics.
Features a non-Western cultural setting that adds depth to the narrative.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ characters or identities.
Provides limited ability to act and visibility for female characters.
Does not address physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Tito is 13 years old and extremely gifted at soccer, his genius brings him a contract that lifts him and his family out of poverty. He shines with his goals, but turns into a petty player, drops out of school, and has no friends. Tito becomes the breadwinner of the family and his father no longer has the authority to force him to finish school. When Tito is one step away from consecrating himself, something unexpected will make his dream disappear. Having lost everything he must return to his village. Tito will have to face the most difficult challenge of his life: to stand up and keep going.

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