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Alma

Name: Alma
Director: Diego Rougier
Released: 2015
Duration: 97 min

Representation Score

6.7/10

Good

2015

Director

Diego Rougier

Runtime

97 minutes

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Alma succeeds as a character study by centering neurodivergence through a nuanced lens. By focusing on the protagonist's psychological autonomy, the film avoids common clichés that sanitize mental health struggles. However, the film remains socially narrow. The setting is a homogeneous, affluent Buenos Aires environment that lacks racial or ethnic diversity. The narrative is also strictly oriented toward traditional relationships, focusing on a conventional marital bond. Ultimately, while the film provides a sophisticated look at mental health, it lacks broader systemic or multi-layered expansion.

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Category Breakdown

Does Alma have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The story focuses on a traditional heterosexual relationship between Alma and Fernando, relying on conventional romance without exploring LGBTQ+ identities or challenging assumptions about straight relationships.

How does Alma portray gender?

Fair

Alma is portrayed with significant psychological autonomy rather than as a submissive stereotype. Her internal reality and personality drive the emotional stakes of the narrative.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Alma?

Fair

The film features a cast reflecting the demographic norms of the Argentine upper-middle class. It lacks significant racial or ethnic diversity within its affluent urban setting.

How does Alma represent religion and culture?

Fair

The narrative operates within a secular, modern framework focused on individual experience. It does not offer a systemic critique of Western institutions or traditional social structures.

Does Alma include disability representation?

Good

Alma’s bipolar disorder is presented as a complex, lived reality. The film avoids 'inspiration porn' by making her condition a central driver of the plot's tension.

Present on Screen

Provides a nuanced, non-sanitized depiction of bipolar disorder.
Grants the female protagonist significant psychological autonomy.
Avoids 'inspiration porn' by treating neurodivergence as a complex reality.

Limited or Absent

Lacks racial and ethnic diversity within the social setting.
Maintains a strictly traditional relationship structure.
Focuses on a homogeneous, upper-middle-class demographic.

Official Synopsis

Fernando is married to Alma, a very funny woman with bipolar disorder, which kicks him when she learns that he no longer supports her. When Alma meets an Argentine suitor Fernando reacts discovering that still love her. But it's too late.

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