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Bad Faith

Name: Bad Faith
Director: Kristian Petri
Released: 2010
Duration: 102 min

Representation Score

6.9/10

Good

2010

Director

Kristian Petri

Runtime

102 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Bad Faith is a character-driven psychological study that prioritizes internal experience over broad demographic representation. It subverts traditional gendered emotional clichés by presenting a detached and observant female protagonist. However, the film lacks visible LGBTQ+ characters and non-straight-centered relationship dynamics. The setting and character arcs reflect a homogeneous social environment without significant ethnic diversity. Ultimately, the film excels in exploring psychological non-conformity and blurred moral boundaries, even though it remains limited in broader social representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Bad Faith have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not include any explicitly LGBTQ+ characters or dynamics that challenge traditional heterosexual relationships. The story centers around Monia's psychological isolation and her interactions with a male character.

How does Bad Faith portray gender?

Good

Monia is portrayed as a professional woman who avoids being a passive victim. Her emotional detachment challenges typical feminine expectations of empathy and reaction to trauma.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Bad Faith?

Limited

The setting in Gothenburg and the corporate world suggests a relatively homogeneous social environment. There is no indication of significant ethnic blending or diverse casting within the main storylines.

How does Bad Faith represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story explores moral relativism and questions the stability of social cohesion. It emphasizes subjective, personal truths over shared communal or moral beliefs.

Does Bad Faith include disability representation?

Fair

Monia’s emotional distance and fixation on violence suggest atypical cognitive or emotional processing. The film treats her unique psychological state as a central driver of the plot.

Present on Screen

Subverts traditional gendered expectations by portraying the female protagonist as detached and observant.
Explores themes related to neurodivergence through the protagonist's unique psychological and emotional processing.
Challenges social norms by focusing on moral relativism and individual subjective truths.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ characters or non-traditional relationship dynamics.
Shows a lack of racial and ethnic diversity within the main character arcs and social environment.
Maintains a relatively homogeneous social environment centered on a specific Swedish corporate context.

Official Synopsis

A disturbed woman and a violent lunatic walk the same path in this thriller from Swedish director Kristian Petri. Monia is a businesswoman who has been hired to work for a large corporation based in Gothenburg. One evening, while having drinks with her colleagues, Monia steps outside for some air and she happens upon a man who has been brutally stabbed by a serial killer on the loose. Monia, who feels a curious emotional distance from the world around her, isn't sure what to make of this incident at first, but she can't get the violent image out of her mind, and over the next several days she keeps stumbling upon victims of the killer's handiwork. No one finds any of this remarkable besides her friend Frank, but in time she begins crossing paths with a curious man who seems to appear at the same crimes scenes she observes.

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