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The Lion's Share

Name: The Lion's Share
Director: Adolfo Aristarain
Released: 1978
Duration: 85 min

Representation Score

4.4/10

Fair

1978

Director

Adolfo Aristarain

Runtime

85 minutes

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The Lion's Share is a genre-driven crime drama that prioritizes social critique over identity-based politics. Its main strength lies in its regional perspective, offering a narrative that exists outside the traditional Hollywood hegemony. However, the film adheres to standard mid-century dramatic clichés, focusing heavily on masculine ability to act. This results in a lack of explicit representation for LGBTQ+ identities or diverse gender roles. Ultimately, the film's diversity is found in its systemic critique of economic hardship rather than overt multi-layered character studies.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Lion's Share have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film does not include explicit LGBTQ+ characters or stories focused on non-cisgender identities. It follows the traditional dramatic structure of 1970s Latin American crime cinema.

How does The Lion's Share portray gender?

Fair

The narrative emphasizes masculine ability to act and the struggle for survival using classic crime clichés. There is no evidence of challenging gender hierarchies or showing domestic stability.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Lion's Share?

Fair

As an Argentine production, the film offers a departure from Hollywood's predominantly white casting. It focuses on local socioeconomic realities rather than Anglo-Saxon dominance.

How does The Lion's Share represent religion and culture?

Good

The story criticizes the effectiveness of traditional institutions and capitalist structures. It uses an ordinary archetype to explore moral relativism and economic hardship.

Does The Lion's Share include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence regarding the inclusion or portrayal of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

Provides a regional Argentine perspective that avoids Hollywood's homogeneous casting.
Offers a critique of systemic pressures and capitalist structures through its narrative structure.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender characters.
Relies on traditional male clichés that do not challenge established gender hierarchies.
Provides no evidence of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Story of a ordinary human being who, by chance, take possession of the money that was stolen from a bank, thinking that will solve all his problems.

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