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Bel Canto (2018)

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Bel Canto (2018)

Overview

A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
5.1

Overview

A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Google Play logoGoogle Play
Fandango
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film uses a political hostage crisis as a backdrop to explore universal themes of human connection, art, and empathy, consciously avoiding a strong ideological stance on the conflict itself by focusing on individual relationships rather than political solutions.

The movie features a visibly diverse cast, including prominent roles for actors of different ethnicities, which appears to be integral to the story's international setting. The narrative itself maintains a neutral stance, focusing on human connection and conflict resolution without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

The film 'Bel Canto' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story centers on a hostage situation and the complex human connections that emerge, without incorporating queer identities or experiences.

The film "Bel Canto" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a hostage crisis and the developing relationships between the captors and hostages, without incorporating any transgender-specific storylines or portrayals.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The 2018 film "Bel Canto" is an adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel. All major characters, including Roxane Coss, Katsumi Hosokawa, and Gen Watanabe, maintain the same gender as established in the source material. No instances of a character's gender being changed from the novel to the film were identified.

Based on the source novel, the film's main characters, including Roxane Coss, Katsumi Hosokawa, and Gen Watanabe, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established or implied racial backgrounds in the original material. No instances of a character canonically established as one race being portrayed as a different race were found.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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5.5
The Movie Database logo
5.4

Critic Ratings

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4.7
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5.0

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