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Angelina

Name: Angelina
Director: Luigi Zampa
Released: 1947
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

3.5/10

Limited

1947

Director

Luigi Zampa

Runtime

90 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Luigi Zampa’s film uses a Neorealist approach to highlight the struggles of the working class against systemic inequities. It excels in showcasing a female protagonist who drives the plot and rises to political prominence. However, the film lacks modern markers of diversity, reflecting the demographic homogeneity of post-war Italy. It offers limited representation of racial or LGBTQ+ identities. Ultimately, the film serves as a powerful social commentary on economic exploitation, despite retaining some traditional domestic conflicts.

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Category Breakdown

Does Angelina have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on traditional heterosexual relationships and domestic life, with no representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender narratives.

How does Angelina portray gender?

Good

The film centers on Angelina, a female protagonist who surpasses her male counterparts by driving the plot through her involvement in a grassroots movement and her rise to political office.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Angelina?

Limited

Set in post-WWII Italy, the film reflects the demographic homogeneity of the time, focusing on the local Italian working class without diverse casting.

How does Angelina represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film highlights the struggle of the poor against speculators and systemic housing barriers, celebrating a people's movement that challenges established institutions and traditional hierarchies.

Does Angelina include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not focus on visible or invisible disabilities within its narrative.

Present on Screen

Highlights a female protagonist who drives the plot and rises to political prominence.
Provides a strong critique of economic exploitation and systemic housing barriers.
Celebrates a grassroots political movement that challenges established institutions.

Limited or Absent

Reflects the demographic homogeneity of post-war Italy, lacking racial and ethnic diversity.
Does not include representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender narratives.
Maintains some traditional domestic clichés and gendered conflicts.

Official Synopsis

A rowdy woman is so forceful that she outdoes her husband in a loud cry against speculators who refuse poor people entrance to a block of new apartments, built after WW2. Without noticing it, she starts a people's movement, and leads a march to the capital. She returns to her village a winner, an honourable MP. Yet, she is still the same simple, fiery woman, able to get in a hair-pulling brawl with the local barmaid for the affection of her man.

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