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As Long As We Go East

Name: As Long As We Go East
Director: Mehdi Rondeleux
Released: 2015
Duration: 70 min

Representation Score

6.0/10

Fair

2015

PG-13

Director

Mehdi Rondeleux

Runtime

70 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

As Long As We Go East functions as a poetic exploration of youth autonomy and individual ability to act. By centering the journey on a female artist navigating the continent, the film successfully challenges conventional societal structures and borders. While the documentary excels at presenting a pluralistic view of European culture, it lacks specific evidence of deep multi-layered complexity. The narrative focuses more on the philosophical questioning of the 'mass' than on explicit representation of underrepresented identities. Ultimately, the film succeeds as a study of identity through movement, favoring personal expression over institutional norms, even if specific demographic representation remains largely unconfirmed.

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Category Breakdown

Does As Long As We Go East have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not explicitly confirm queer identities or non-cisgender characters. However, its focus on individualistic expression among European youth creates a narrative space where non-traditional lifestyles may be explored.

How does As Long As We Go East portray gender?

Good

Tao, a female artist, serves as the central protagonist. Her journey via skateboard emphasizes physical ability to act and self-actualization, disrupting traditional gendered expectations of travel and domestic roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is As Long As We Go East?

Fair

The journey across Europe highlights a variety of colors and diverse encounters. This approach suggests a move away from monolithic perspectives toward a more multifaceted view of continental identity.

How does As Long As We Go East represent religion and culture?

Good

The documentary prioritizes individual truth and poetic engagement over nationalistic dogma. It favors fluid, experiential learning and a rejection of rigid, traditionalist social structures.

Does As Long As We Go East include disability representation?

Minimal

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

Present on Screen

Strong women's ability to drive the story through the protagonist Tao's journey.
A pluralistic approach to European identity and culture.
Challenges traditional societal structures and nationalistic dogma.

Limited or Absent

Lack of explicit representation for LGBTQ+ identities.
No visible or mentioned representation of disability.
Limited evidence of deep multi-layered complexity.

Official Synopsis

Through a journey across Europe, starting in Rennes, finishing in Saint-Petersburg, a team of young documentarists spontaneously and poetically engage with an experience of culture, languages and borders. The camera follows Tao, a blooming artist travelling by the means of her skateboard. Along the way they make insightful encounters and live unique experiences, through a variety of colours, landscapes, creative initiatives and incredible mouvements coming to sight progressively within their journey. This summer tale is an individual challenge, taking place through the lives of different encounters bringing out a single poetic line, a movement. Under the humble wheels of a skateboard hides a tribute to the old continent. Overall, questioning the individuality, the mass, and moreover, us, the European youth.

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