A Friend of the Deceased (1997)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

Leans Right

Viewer Rating

Rating: 6.1

Overview

Tolla is an unemployed translator whose wife is leaving him. Despondent and weak, he submits to the suggestion of an acquantance to have a contract placed on the man that his wife is seeing. Instead, however, he arranges...

Starring Cast

Tetyana Kryvytska Stang Lund • Aleksandr Lazarev • Anzhelika Nevolina

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Low

Overview

Starring Cast

Tetyana Kryvytska Stang Lund • Aleksandr Lazarev • Anzhelika Nevolina

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Leans Right

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film explores the universal themes of existential crisis and the search for meaning through an individual's journey, offering a personal solution to alienation rather than advocating for specific political or systemic changes, thus remaining ideologically neutral.

Diversity: LowConfidence: High

This 1987 Soviet/Ukrainian film features traditional casting, reflecting the demographics and cinematic practices of its era without intentional race or gender swaps for diversity. The narrative does not critique traditional identities or incorporate explicit DEI themes, presenting a neutral or positive framing consistent with its historical context.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

The film 'A Friend of the Deceased' is a Soviet-Ukrainian drama from 1987 focusing on existential themes. There is no information or evidence in its plot, character descriptions, or critical reception to suggest the presence of LGBTQ+ characters or themes, leading to a determination of N/A for its portrayal.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film "A Friend of the Deceased" is an adaptation of Andrey Kurkov's novel. A review of the main characters and plot indicates no significant characters established in the source material had their gender changed in the film adaptation.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film "A Friend of the Deceased" is a Ukrainian-French production set in Kyiv, based on a novel by Andriy Kurkov. The characters, both in the source material and on screen, are consistently portrayed as white/European, aligning with the setting and origin. There is no evidence of a character established as one race being portrayed as a different race.