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The Males

Name: The Males
Director: Gilles Carle
Released: 1971
Duration: 107 min

Representation Score

4.1/10

Fair

1971

Director

Gilles Carle

Runtime

107 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Gilles Carle’s comedy uses a primal setting to deconstruct social norms and traditional masculinity. While the film successfully challenges the cliché of the stable male provider, it remains anchored in the demographic limitations of its era. The work provides a meaningful critique of institutional authority through its focus on characters living outside societal constraints. However, this thematic depth is limited by a lack of diverse representation. Ultimately, the film explores human impulses but lacks explicit LGBTQ+ presence or multi-ethnic casting, resulting in a narrow demographic scope despite its subversive psychological themes.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Males have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The story focuses on a heterosexual pursuit involving a female character. There are no queer identities or non-binary gender expressions in the plot.

How does The Males portray gender?

Fair

The film challenges traditional masculinity by showing it as a source of chaos and jealousy. Female characters act as catalysts that destabilize male characters.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Males?

Limited

The rural setting implies a localized, homogeneous cast. The film reinforces a singular ethnic perspective typical of French-Canadian comedies of the time.

How does The Males represent religion and culture?

Good

The story prioritizes instinctual behavior over institutional values. It critiques authority by centering characters who operate outside conventional laws and social norms.

Does The Males include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional masculinity by portraying men as chaotic and unstable.
Critiques institutional authority by prioritizing instinctual behavior over state-sanctioned morality.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit LGBTQ+ representation or non-binary gender expressions.
Maintains a homogeneous, singular ethnic perspective typical of its rural setting.
Provides no representation of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Two incredibly primitive backwoods types have just been released from prison for kidnapping the local police chief's daughter but still have a hankering for a woman. When they return to their campsite, they discover a woodland nymph whom they both bed and who drives them wild. Jealousy arises.

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