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Killing God

Name: Killing God
Director: Caye Casas, Albert Pintó
Released: 2017
Duration: 92 min

Representation Score

6.7/10

Good

2017

Director

Caye Casas, Albert Pintó

Runtime

92 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Killing God is a genre-blending film that prioritizes the deconstruction of religious and familial certainty over broad social representation. It uses horror and comedy to challenge the perceived sanctity of divine and patriarchal authority. While the film lacks breadth in racial and LGBTQ+ diversity, it finds progressive value through its skepticism of religious hegemony. The narrative structure actively subverts the stability of the traditional Western family unit. Ultimately, the film functions as a provocative exploration of moral relativism, using a chaotic, isolated setting to move away from organized societal norms.

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Category Breakdown

Does Killing God have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The story focuses on a family unit where everyone is assumed to be straight and cisgender. There are no characters or identities that include LGBTQ+ individuals or those who don't identify as cisgender.

How does Killing God portray gender?

Fair

The story revolves around a family with a strong patriarchal structure, featuring a father, brother, and husband. However, a chaotic vagabond arrives and disrupts these traditional male leadership roles and domestic stability.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Killing God?

Limited

The film seems to be set in a localized European environment with a homogeneous social setting. There is no indication of diverse casting or characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity.

How does Killing God represent religion and culture?

Good

The film criticizes religious authority by depicting a character who claims to be God as a 'very bad man.' This challenges the idea of divine truth being sacred.

Does Killing God include disability representation?

Fair

A character described as a dwarf serves as a central disruptor. It is unclear if this portrayal offers a meaningful role or if it merely uses the character’s physical difference as a plot device.

Present on Screen

Effectively challenges religious authority and the sanctity of divine truth.
Subverts traditional patriarchal structures and the stability of the family unit.
Uses genre-blending to disrupt standard storytelling clichés.

Limited or Absent

Lacks visible LGBTQ+ representation or non-cisgender identities.
Features a homogeneous social environment with minimal racial or ethnic diversity.
The portrayal of a character with dwarfism may rely on physical difference as a plot device.

Official Synopsis

When Carlos invites his father and his brother to spend a pleasant New Year in a strange house isolated in the forest with him and his wife Ana. But what promised to be a quiet family dinner, suddenly is interrupted by the presence of a peculiar vagabond, dwarf and very bad man, who claims to be God.

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