5.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Love Me Not? (1989)
Love Me Not? (1989)
Overview
Spying a lissome young woman standing topless on a nearby balcony, Giorgos (Andreas Barcoulis) climbs up onto a nearby rooftop to get a better look. At a critical moment in his climb, his family and friends call out to him and he falls, suffering a terrible blow to the head. Ineed, at the hospital, the family is told that he is brain dead, and that if they like, his heart can be given to someone else as a transplant. Giorgos' grieving wife (Betty Livanou) agrees to this arrangement. The film now follows the recipient of the dead man's heart (Giorgos Constas), as he wanders all over Greece, driven by his newly lusty heart into the arms of many beautiful women. Eventually he is led to the one woman his new heart truly loved, Giorgios' wife.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Trans: Negative
Viewer Rating
5.6
Overview
Spying a lissome young woman standing topless on a nearby balcony, Giorgos (Andreas Barcoulis) climbs up onto a nearby rooftop to get a better look. At a critical moment in his climb, his family and friends call out to him and he falls, suffering a terrible blow to the head. Ineed, at the hospital, the family is told that he is brain dead, and that if they like, his heart can be given to someone else as a transplant. Giorgos' grieving wife (Betty Livanou) agrees to this arrangement. The film now follows the recipient of the dead man's heart (Giorgos Constas), as he wanders all over Greece, driven by his newly lusty heart into the arms of many beautiful women. Eventually he is led to the one woman his new heart truly loved, Giorgios' wife.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter of individual romantic obsession and relationships, coupled with a problem/solution framework focused on personal dynamics, indicates a lack of explicit political messaging.
This Greek romantic drama from 1997 features traditional casting with a predominantly Greek ensemble. Its narrative focuses on personal relationships and does not include explicit critiques of traditional identities or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The film centers on a man's emotional crisis after discovering his love interest is a transsexual woman. The narrative largely frames her identity as a source of conflict and difficulty for the cisgender protagonist, rather than affirming her dignity or critiquing societal prejudice. This portrayal leans towards a problematic depiction.
No identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes were present in the provided film information for 'Love Me Not?'. Therefore, an evaluation of its portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements is not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Love Me Not?" (1989) is an original Greek production and does not appear to be an adaptation of pre-existing material with established characters or a biopic of historical figures. Therefore, there are no characters whose canonical or historical gender could have been altered.
The film "Love Me Not?" (1989) is an original Greek production. Its characters were created for this specific film and do not have prior canonical or historical racial establishments from other source materials, thus precluding a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
5.1
Critic Ratings
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