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Yevdokiya

Name: Yevdokiya
Director: Tatyana Lioznova
Released: 1961
Duration: 101 min

Representation Score

2.9/10

Limited

1961

Director

Tatyana Lioznova

Runtime

101 minutes

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Tatyana Lioznova’s drama is a sophisticated exploration of individual inner experiences. It focuses on the female psychological journey, moving away from traditional collective heroism towards personal emotional truth. However, the film is limited by its historical and regional context. The absence of ethnic, racial, and LGBTQ+ diversity narrows the social scope, reflecting the production constraints of the time. Ultimately, the film's strength lies in its nuanced humanism. It uses a domestic setting to explore profound themes of unfulfilled love and marital duty, offering significant depth to its central characters.

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Category Breakdown

Does Yevdokiya have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth gender identities or same-sex relationships.

How does Yevdokiya portray gender?

Good

The movie emphasizes the female lead's ability to act and emotional independence. By focusing on her internal struggles and romantic life, it challenges the stereotype of the passive domestic woman.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Yevdokiya?

Limited

The cast is made up of actors who represent a homogeneous ethnic group typical of the Soviet Union in 1961. It portrays a Russian working-class community without showing any ethnic or racial diversity.

How does Yevdokiya represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film delves into moral complexity and situational ethics. It presents the working class as subjects of psychological drama rather than just workers.

Does Yevdokiya include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no representation of physical, sensory, or neurodivergent disabilities among the main characters or supporting cast.

Present on Screen

Focuses on female emotional independence and ability to act.
Sophisticated exploration of female psychological depth.
Nuanced depiction of the working class through a humanistic lens.

Limited or Absent

Lack of ethnic and racial diversity in the cast.
Absence of LGBTQ+ representation or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities.
No representation of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

On the outskirts of the provincial town, Yevdokim and Yevdokiya live, raising foster children. Yevdokim works at a factory, Yevdokiya is a housewife. The family seems to be safe and happy: the only trouble is that Yevdokiya cannot forget the love of her youth. This Yevdokim cannot stand and offers Yevdokiya freedom, while he will remain with the children. But all these contradictions are drowned in mutual love for children and for each other.

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