Question 1

Is The Love That Remains woke?

Accepted Answer

The Love That Remains has a woke score of 49/100, which means it is mixed, with noticeable woke elements. The film follows an Icelandic artist wife and fisherman husband navigating separation while co-parenting over one year in rural Iceland. It repeatedly highlights the ex-husband’s masculinity struggles, male loneliness at sea, entitlement, and “toxic” behaviors like killing the family rooster or dealing with crude trawler life. The wife’s push for artistic independence gets framed against his failures in steady, noticeable gender-role beats. These elements drive parts of the character arcs and vignettes without dominating every scene. No race swaps, queer focus, or explicit activist sermons appear.

Question 2

Is there DEI in The Love That Remains?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Identity-driven story themes, Institutional / cultural critique, Creator track record context. Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.

The Love That Remains

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