Daddy

The film centers on fractured family dynamics and domestic trauma but lacks significant LGBTQ+ characters or stories that question the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

The story challenges the typical strong patriarch by focusing on an incapacitated, alcoholic father. Emotional ability to act shifts toward female characters dealing with his instability.

Set in the Lika region of Croatia, the cast is culturally and ethnically uniform. The film does not use diverse casting to challenge local social norms.

The narrative questions the traditional family unit, showing it as dysfunctional rather than stable. It emphasizes individual experiences over religious or moral rules.

Themes of addiction and illness drive the plot but do not explore the ability to act of those living with disabilities. There is no focus on neurodivergent or physical ability to act.