6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Thriller, Mystery, Drama • 1992 • 118 min
Scent of Gardenias (1992)
Scent of Gardenias (1992)
Overview
Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim. For more than a decade, Daniel nurtures a feeling of revenge for his ex-wife, which gains strength when their now adult son finds his mother in full professional decay.
Starring Cast
Christiane Torloni • José Mayer • Walter Quiroz
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.8
Overview
Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim. For more than a decade, Daniel nurtures a feeling of revenge for his ex-wife, which gains strength when their now adult son finds his mother in full professional decay.
Starring Cast
Christiane Torloni • José Mayer • Walter Quiroz
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film's central focus on an individual's struggle for success and authenticity within the entertainment industry, coupled with themes of personal relationships and ambition, does not present an explicit political thesis or advocate for specific ideological solutions.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features a primarily traditional cast for a Brazilian production of its era, without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative, a crime drama, focuses on individual character actions and a specific plot, rather than offering a broad critique of traditional identities or explicitly centering DEI themes.
Secondary
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "Perfume de Gardênia" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on heterosexual relationships and a crime mystery, with no elements pertaining to queer identity or experiences present in the storyline.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Based on available information, 'Scent of Gardenias' (1992) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Consequently, the film has no discernible impact, positive or negative, on the portrayal of transsexual individuals.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Perfume de Gardênia (1992) is an original Brazilian drama, not an adaptation, reboot, or biopic. Its characters were created for this specific film, meaning there were no pre-established canonical or historical genders to be swapped from.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
This film is an original Brazilian drama from 1992, not an adaptation of existing source material with pre-established character races, nor does it feature historical figures. Therefore, no character can be considered to have been race-swapped from a prior canonical or historical depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
6.6
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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