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The Game

Name: The Game
Director: Dmitriy Astrakhan
Released: 2018
Duration: 104 min

Representation Score

1.9/10

Minimal

2018

Director

Dmitriy Astrakhan

Runtime

104 minutes

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The Game is a character study centered on the existential crisis of a privileged male poet. The narrative prioritizes his psychological journey and his struggle with the perceived artificiality of his successful life. While the film delves into themes of truth and deception, it does so through an individualist lens. The social structures presented—wealth, marriage, and criminal authority—reinforce conventional hierarchies rather than challenging them. Ultimately, the film lacks depth in representing various aspects of diversity, functioning as a traditional drama that centers on a singular, privileged perspective.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Game have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on a protagonist whose life revolves around a marriage and a mistress, without showing any non-traditional gender identities.

How does The Game portray gender?

Limited

The story centers on a male protagonist and his relationships with women, following traditional gender roles without challenging them.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Game?

Limited

Set in Moscow, the narrative suggests a homogeneous social environment with no indication of a multi-ethnic cast or diverse racial representation.

How does The Game represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film explores personal disillusionment and moral relativism, focusing on traditional power dynamics without critiquing religious or capitalist institutions.

Does The Game include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no mention of characters with visible or invisible disabilities within the narrative.

Present on Screen

Explores complex psychological themes of existentialism and self-deception.

Limited or Absent

Lacks diverse representation across gender, race, and LGBTQ+ identities.
Relies on traditional social archetypes and straight-centered structures.
Focuses heavily on a singular, privileged male perspective.

Official Synopsis

Yura Platonov - famous poet and just lucky. He has everything: he owns the largest Moscow publishing house, has long and happily married, his father is a billionaire and a criminal authority, his beautiful mistress is completely satisfied with their relationship. It is precisely this problem-free that at some point begins to alarm Jura, because everything is so good in life! Realizing that his whole life is artificially modeled, Yura wonders: maybe the fictional life, self-deception, unwillingness to know the truth about those around you, sometimes better than understanding what is really happening?

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