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King of Endings

Name: King of Endings
Director: Živorad Tomić
Released: 1987
Duration: 97 min

Representation Score

1.0/10

Minimal

1987

Director

Živorad Tomić

Runtime

97 minutes

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King of Endings is a grim social realist drama that highlights the instability of modern interpersonal connections through tragedy. It disrupts the cliché of the competent patriarch by portraying Branko as an emotionally alienated and disconnected businessman. However, the film remains tied to conventional victimhood clichés, focusing more on social isolation and the breakdown of the nuclear family than on proactive multi-layered exploration. Ultimately, the work serves as a critique of decaying social structures rather than a vehicle for diverse identity representation or empowerment.

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Category Breakdown

Does King of Endings have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film centers on a marriage and an extramarital affair, focusing solely on heterosexual relationships and ignoring any queer identities or narratives that challenge the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does King of Endings portray gender?

Limited

The movie critiques traditional domestic stability but portrays the female protagonist as a passive victim of violence. While it challenges the stable husband cliché, it fails to give the female character significant control over her fate.

How racially and ethnically diverse is King of Endings?

Minimal

The story seems to focus on a homogeneous social group, with no indication of multi-ethnic casting or addressing racial dynamics through metaphors.

How does King of Endings represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film explores social alienation and the corruption of the businessman archetype. It critiques idealized family models through the lens of a fractured, weak domestic unit.

Does King of Endings include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities within the narrative context.

Present on Screen

Challenges the 'competent patriarch' cliché by portraying the male lead as emotionally alienated and disconnected.
Provides a critique of bourgeois stability and the corruption of the businessman archetype.

Limited or Absent

Lacks women's ability to drive the story, positioning the woman primarily as a passive recipient of trauma.
Fails to include diverse racial, ethnic, or LGBTQ+ perspectives, focusing on a homogeneous social group.

Official Synopsis

Branko Kralj is an alienated businessman and avid chess fan. He is married to the attractive Visnja and they have a son. Their marriage is weak and Branko feels much closer to his mistress than to his wife. One day Kralj and Visnja travel on a half empty train. Kralj goes to a far away compartment for a game of chess, and leaves Visnja alone. Three men take advantage of the lone woman in her compartment and rape her.

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