5.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Long Live the Seal (1982)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.9
Overview
Andrea, a nice girl, move from Veneto (north of Italy) to Roma. She is employed as a nurse in a medical practice. She soon is involved in a never-ending game of misunderstanding, couples exchange, sexual seductions.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Overview
Andrea, a nice girl, move from Veneto (north of Italy) to Roma. She is employed as a nurse in a medical practice. She soon is involved in a never-ending game of misunderstanding, couples exchange, sexual seductions.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's comedic exploration of sexual taboos and individual desires, while challenging societal norms, does not explicitly promote a specific political ideology or advocate for systemic change, instead focusing on individual, often farcical, liberation.
This 1980s Italian sex comedy features traditional casting with no apparent intentional diversity initiatives. Its narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, without engaging in critical portrayals or explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
W la foca presents gay characters, including a stereotypical fashion designer, primarily as objects of ridicule. The plot features an attempt to 'cure' homosexuality, reinforcing harmful stereotypes. The film's humor is often at the expense of queer identity, resulting in a derogatory and problematic overall portrayal.
The film features Donatella, a transsexual prostitute, whose portrayal aligns with harmful stereotypes prevalent in 1980s sex comedies. Her identity is likely used for titillation or comedic effect, rather than offering a dignified or empathetic depiction. The narrative does not appear to affirm the worth of transsexual lives.
The film, an Italian sex comedy, satirizes societal hypocrisy, frequently targeting religious figures and institutions. It portrays adherents as outwardly pious but inwardly driven by base desires, or institutions as rigid and out of touch, reinforcing negative stereotypes of religious hypocrisy without offering a counterbalancing positive portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
W la foca is an original 1982 Italian film, not an adaptation or reboot. All characters were created for this specific movie, meaning there are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose gender could have been altered.
This film is an original Italian comedy from 1982, not an adaptation of existing source material or a biopic. All characters were created for this specific film, meaning there are no pre-established canonical or historical racial identities to be altered. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.2
6.6
Critic Ratings
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