5.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Rifkin’s Festival (2020)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.2
Overview
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Judaism: Positive
Overview
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central themes revolve around existential angst, artistic disillusionment, and personal relationships, which are largely apolitical and universal. It does not explicitly or implicitly promote any specific political ideology.
The movie features a predominantly white cast in traditional roles, without any explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative centers on the personal lives and relationships of these characters, offering no critical portrayal of traditional identities or explicit engagement with diversity, equity, and inclusion themes.
Secondary
The film features Mort Rifkin, a culturally Jewish protagonist whose anxieties and intellectualism are central to his character. His Jewish identity is portrayed with nuance and sympathy as an integral part of his personality, rather than being depicted negatively or as a source of ridicule.
Rifkin's Festival does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers exclusively on heterosexual relationships and the protagonist's personal reflections, resulting in no depiction of queer identity within the film's scope.
Rifkin's Festival does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a film professor's experiences at a film festival and his marital issues, without any elements related to transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Rifkin's Festival is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior installments from which characters' genders could have been established and subsequently changed.
The film features original characters created for this specific production. There is no prior source material, historical basis, or previous adaptation to establish a canonical race for any character.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.1
6.1
Critic Ratings
4.1
4.4
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