8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Before We Forget (2025)
Before We Forget (2025)
Overview
Reflective drama about Matias (Juan Pablo Di Pace), an Argentinian filmmaker struggling to edit a film based on his unrequited first love, who receives an invitation to reconstruct his memories. Co-directed by Di Pace and Andrés Pepe Estrada, featuring Santiago Madrussan as young Matias and Oscar Morgan as young Alexander.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
8.0
Overview
Reflective drama about Matias (Juan Pablo Di Pace), an Argentinian filmmaker struggling to edit a film based on his unrequited first love, who receives an invitation to reconstruct his memories. Co-directed by Di Pace and Andrés Pepe Estrada, featuring Santiago Madrussan as young Matias and Oscar Morgan as young Alexander.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's focus on the challenges of queer identity and self-acceptance during a time of hidden emotions determines its subtle alignment with progressive values of personal freedom and emotional honesty.
The film presents visible ethnic diversity through its Argentinian leads and international supporting cast. Its queer narrative subtly critiques heteronormative pressures by exploring the challenges of concealing one's identity during adolescence.
Secondary
The film presents an affirming depiction of queer first love through nostalgic introspection and authentic emotional layers, underscoring dignity, familial support, and the enduring impact of hidden identities without harmful tropes.
Family emerges as a stabilizing force of acceptance and continuity, with parental reconciliation and welcoming extended bonds underscoring traditional values against the protagonist's unresolved longings. This affirmative depiction without subversion tips toward endorsement of conventional structures.
The film contains no transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative explores a gay man's memories of unrequited first love with another man, focusing on queer longing and self-acceptance without any transgender elements.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film presents original characters inspired by the director's personal experiences, without adapting prior source material or recasting legacy figures across genders.
Before We Forget presents original characters in a semi-autobiographical narrative without established racial baselines from prior source material, canon, or history, yielding no instances of race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
10.0
Critic Ratings
8.5
6.3
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