6.7
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Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
A Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, a Red Rose an Emblem of Love (1990)
A Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, a Red Rose an Emblem of Love (1990)
Overview
The story happens mainly around "The Old Arbat Street" in the center of Moscow, where always concentrate vendors, poor young artists and musicians. The hero of this film is a boy named Mitiya,who lives with eccentric elder friend in an apartment house on "The Old Arbat". In fact, people who then appear around Mitiya are all unique, eccentric and the space of the apartment house begins to have an unrealistic character as a miniature of unstable society in the end of Soviet Union.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
The story happens mainly around "The Old Arbat Street" in the center of Moscow, where always concentrate vendors, poor young artists and musicians. The hero of this film is a boy named Mitiya,who lives with eccentric elder friend in an apartment house on "The Old Arbat". In fact, people who then appear around Mitiya are all unique, eccentric and the space of the apartment house begins to have an unrealistic character as a miniature of unstable society in the end of Soviet Union.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's dominant themes align with right-leaning values through its melancholic and often absurd critique of the failing late Soviet socialist system, highlighting individual disillusionment and the decay caused by state control.
This 1989 Soviet film features traditional casting practices typical of its era and origin, without evident intentional diversity initiatives. Its narrative does not engage in critical portrayals of traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film "Chyornaya roza - emblema pechali, krasnaya roza - emblema lyubvi" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on the experiences of its heterosexual protagonist and the social dynamics of late Soviet-era Moscow, without engaging with queer identities or issues.
This film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on other social and romantic elements, thus the rubric for transsexual portrayal is not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is an original screenplay by Sergey Solovyov, not an adaptation of existing source material or a historical biopic. All characters were created specifically for this film, meaning there are no pre-established canonical or historical genders to be swapped.
This 1990 Soviet film is an original work, not an adaptation of existing source material with pre-established character races, nor a biopic of historical figures. Therefore, the concept of a 'race swap' as defined does not apply.
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