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The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu

Name: The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu
Director: Antonin Peretjatko
Released: 2013
Duration: 88 min

Representation Score

5.0/10

Fair

2013

Director

Antonin Peretjatko

Runtime

88 minutes

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The film excels at using surrealism to critique systemic instability and institutional authority. It presents a world where traditional social orders and masculine competence are undermined by economic breakdown. However, the work lacks multi-layered depth. The narrative remains largely centered on a homogeneous French setting, offering little in the way of racial or ethnic diversity. While gender roles are disrupted through chaotic ability to act, the representation of LGBTQ+ identities is not sustained enough to move beyond straight-centered comedic clichés.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film explores shifting interpersonal dynamics and the fluidity of desire through comedic absurdity. However, it lacks explicit or sustained depictions of non-traditional gender identities to drive the plot.

How does The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu portray gender?

Good

Female characters like Truquette and Charlotte play active roles in a chaotic journey. The film avoids traditional hierarchies by undermining masculine competence within a broken social landscape.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu?

Limited

The narrative focuses on a localized, homogeneous French setting centered on class struggle. There is no evidence of significant racial diversity or intentional subversion of casting norms.

How does The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu represent religion and culture?

Good

Satire is used to critique institutional authority and a failing capitalist structure. The story portrays state institutions as arbitrary, framing personal desire as a rebellion against bureaucracy.

Does The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu include disability representation?

Minimal

The film provides no specific information regarding the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

Subverts traditional gender hierarchies by giving female characters active roles.
Provides a sharp, satirical critique of institutional and bureaucratic authority.
Challenges conventional social responsibility through a fragmented, surrealist narrative.

Limited or Absent

Lacks significant racial and ethnic diversity within its setting.
Provides minimal or non-sustained representation of LGBTQ+ identities.
Offers no visible engagement with disability representation.

Official Synopsis

Hector meets Truquette on Bastille Day and becomes obsessed with seducing her. The plan is to get her to the seaside pronto. Pator is not complaining, especially if her friend Charlotte comes along for the ride. So off they go, down the country roads of a broke and broken France. Times are hard ! Suddenly the government cancels a month of summer. Everyone back to work! A wad of cash and two gun shots later, the group splits in two like France itself. But careering away from work in no way daunts the remaining trio, dead set on relocating the Bastille Girl and reveling in an endless summer.

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