The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror (2020)

The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror poster

The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror (2020)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low

Viewer Rating
6.6

Overview

A man's wife commits suicide and appears to him as a ghost. The ghost follows him everywhere – under the bed, under tables… After seeing the ghost so frequently, the man begins to resemble her.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film explores the psychological breakdown of a widower through surrealist imagery, focusing on themes of grief, obsession, and the blurring of reality. Its artistic and psychological focus on internal states and the nature of perception renders it apolitical, as it does not explicitly promote or critique any specific political ideology or social structure.

This Chilean psychological drama from the 1960s features casting that is traditional for its cultural context, without any explicit DEI-driven choices or race/gender swaps. The narrative centers on a male protagonist's personal struggles with grief and obsession, and does not include critical portrayals of traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses exclusively on the heterosexual relationship of a professor and his deceased wife, exploring themes of grief, guilt, and psychological distress.

The film focuses on a literature professor's psychological descent after his wife's death, exploring themes of grief, memory, and the supernatural. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the narrative, nor are there any depictions related to transgender identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

This film is a completion of an unfinished 1967 work by Raúl Ruiz, utilizing original footage. There is no evidence of any character, established in the original material, being portrayed with a different gender in the 2020 version.

This film is a completion of an original 1967 work by Raúl Ruiz. The characters were created for this specific film and do not have a pre-existing canonical or historical race established in prior source material or installments. Therefore, no race swap occurred.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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6.3
The Movie Database logo
6.8

Critic Ratings

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