4.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Against the Wind (1990)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.7
Overview
Juan flees Madrid and an incestuous relationship with his sister, Ana, working at a mine on the Andalucian coast. When his friendship with Rosario, a local shop girl, becomes romance, Ana shows up wanting to rekindle their affair. He resists at first, but she stays, asserting that Juan is the only man she can ever love. Juan distances himself from Rosario. The mine has problems: high cancer rates in the area caused by poorly stored radioactive waste. A foreign safety engineer, Petersen, tries to connect with Ana, is rebuffed, but lets her stay in his sea-front bungalow. Juan seeks her out to demand she leave, only to argue with Petersen. Death, desire, and longing play out.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Overview
Juan flees Madrid and an incestuous relationship with his sister, Ana, working at a mine on the Andalucian coast. When his friendship with Rosario, a local shop girl, becomes romance, Ana shows up wanting to rekindle their affair. He resists at first, but she stays, asserting that Juan is the only man she can ever love. Juan distances himself from Rosario. The mine has problems: high cancer rates in the area caused by poorly stored radioactive waste. A foreign safety engineer, Petersen, tries to connect with Ana, is rebuffed, but lets her stay in his sea-front bungalow. Juan seeks her out to demand she leave, only to argue with Petersen. Death, desire, and longing play out.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central focus on individual psychological struggles, guilt, and interpersonal relationships, rather than broader societal or political issues, positions its core conflict and resolution as apolitical.
The movie features a traditional cast without explicit DEI-driven race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on personal drama and does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on DEI themes.
Secondary
The film includes a gay character, Juan, who is the brother of the main protagonist, Ana. His sexuality is presented as a characteristic but is not central to the primary narrative, which focuses on other relationships. The portrayal is neither strongly affirming nor denigrating, positioning it as incidental to the overall story.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Against the Wind (1990) is an original film with new characters. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment to establish a canonical gender for any character that could then be swapped.
Against the Wind (1990) is an original film production, not an adaptation of existing source material, a biopic of historical figures, or a reboot of legacy characters. Therefore, no characters had a pre-established race that could have been altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.4
4.0
Critic Ratings
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