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Apartment 143

Name: Apartment 143
Director: Carles Torrens
Released: 2011
Duration: 80 min

Representation Score

3.4/10

Limited

2011

Director

Carles Torrens

Runtime

80 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Apartment 143 operates as a traditional found-footage horror movie. The narrative focuses on creating atmospheric tension and executing technical elements effectively. It prioritizes these goals over intentionally challenging social norms or identity politics. The film relies on conventional character archetypes to drive the escalating supernatural horror. This approach results in a lack of proactive engagement with diverse perspectives or characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity. Ultimately, the film serves as a genre-focused piece where characters function primarily as tools for suspense rather than as vehicles for social or cultural commentary.

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Category Breakdown

Does Apartment 143 have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on parapsychological investigation and supernatural phenomena. There are no LGBTQ+ characters or narratives critiquing heterosexual relationships.

How does Apartment 143 portray gender?

Fair

Female characters play technical and scientific roles within the investigative team. However, the film does not actively challenge traditional gender roles or leadership positions.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Apartment 143?

Limited

The ensemble follows a conventional structure typical of European genre cinema. It lacks proactive efforts to include diverse racial backgrounds.

How does Apartment 143 represent religion and culture?

Limited

The narrative centers on survival and the unknown. It avoids critiquing Western institutions like religion or family, focusing instead on creating a sense of claustrophobic tension.

Does Apartment 143 include disability representation?

Minimal

The story does not feature characters with visible or invisible disabilities. Neurodivergence and physical impairments are not used as central narrative elements.

Present on Screen

Female characters are included in technical and scientific roles within the investigative team.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks LGBTQ+ representation and does not include non-straight identities.
There is no representation of visible or invisible disabilities within the cast.
The ensemble lacks proactive efforts to include diverse racial backgrounds.
The narrative fails to engage with cultural or religious critiques.

Official Synopsis

A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infrared filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group’s attempts to contact the “other side” will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return.

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