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An Angel Passes

An Angel Passes

Representation Score

4.1/10

Fair

1975

Director

Philippe Garrel

Runtime

79 minutes

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Philippe Garrel’s work offers a sophisticated critique of Western social norms and traditional morality. By focusing on the failures of the May '68 movement, the film rejects institutional stability in favor of individual subjectivity. However, the film’s narrow demographic scope limits its representation of diverse identities. It lacks racial and LGBTQ+ diversity, remaining rooted in a specific, predominantly white European bohemian subculture. Ultimately, the film’s strength lies in its thematic subversion of traditional social structures, even as it fails to represent a wide range of human experiences.

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Category Breakdown

Does An Angel Passes have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on a traditional male-female relationship and does not include characters with non-binary or LGBTQ+ identities. It emphasizes the psychological tension between a man and a woman rather than exploring diverse sexual orientations or gender identities.

How does An Angel Passes portray gender?

Good

The film challenges traditional gender roles by depicting emotional volatility and psychological turmoil rather than stable domestic leadership. It avoids the clichés of nurturing wives or stable husbands, focusing instead on the emotional dynamics between characters.

How racially and ethnically diverse is An Angel Passes?

Minimal

The cast and setting are predominantly white and European, with no significant representation of non-Anglo-Saxon cultures. The film is set in a specific 1970s Parisian intellectual environment.

How does An Angel Passes represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film excels in deconstructing Western social institutions and existential searching. It portrays anti-social behaviors as authentic expressions of existential truth, focusing on subjective morality and personal search for meaning.

Does An Angel Passes include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not explicitly feature characters with visible or invisible disabilities as central plot drivers. The focus remains on neuro-existentialist themes rather than specific disability representation.

Present on Screen

  • Challenges traditional Western social institutions and organized religious structures.
  • Focuses on emotional volatility and psychological turmoil rather than stable domestic leadership.
  • Embraces moral relativism and the rejection of traditional social contracts.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks representation of non-binary or LGBTQ+ identities.
  • Features a predominantly white, European cast with minimal racial diversity.
  • Does not address disability representation within its character studies.

Official Synopsis

Nico is an ethereal poet haunting the gaps between scenes of Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Bulle Ogier, Laurent Terzieff, and Garrel’s father, Maurice, discussing the filmmaker’s staple topics: love, psychoanalysis, and the failures of May ’68.

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