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The Family

Name: The Family
Director: Luc Besson
Released: 2013
Duration: 111 min

Representation Score

1.1/10

Minimal

2013

Director

Luc Besson

Runtime

111 minutes

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The Family is a traditional genre piece that emphasizes established social hierarchies and a homogeneous cast. It relies on conventional family structures and archetypes, offering limited progressive representation. The film uses moral relativism to humanize criminal families, blurring the line between law-abiding citizens and criminals. However, it does not challenge systemic structures or offer a broad cultural perspective. Overall, the film lacks multi-layered depth and focuses on traditional masculine leadership, resulting in low diversity scores.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Family have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any non-straight or non-cisgender identities. There are no instances of same-sex relationships or characters with diverse gender identities.

How does The Family portray gender?

Limited

The story emphasizes traditional masculinity and hierarchical structures. Female characters have their own choices, but the main conflict revolves around the patriarch's violent past and masculine identity.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Family?

Minimal

The cast is predominantly white, with no significant racial or ethnic diversity. The story does not explore multi-layered themes related to race or ethnicity.

How does The Family represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film examines moral relativism by showing the human side of criminal families. It focuses on the tension between personal crime and societal norms, but does not delve into systemic issues.

Does The Family include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no visible or invisible disabilities shown in the film. The narrative does not address neurodivergence or physical disabilities as part of the characters' experiences.

Present on Screen

The film uses moral relativism to humanize its protagonists, making the distinction between law-abiding citizens and criminals more nuanced.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks racial and ethnic diversity, focusing almost exclusively on a homogeneous white family.
The narrative reinforces traditional gender hierarchies and hyper-masculine archetypes without challenging them.
There is no representation of LGBTQ+ identities or characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.

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