The Witness (1979) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

15%

The Witness1979

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What We Think

A relic from an earlier era, 'The Witness' is virtually free of modern 'woke' tropes, no box-ticking, no culture war revisionism, though like most Eastern Bloc cinema, it doesn’t exactly celebrate traditionalism in an idealized way, either.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

The film, set in Communist Hungary, prioritizes storytelling and realism over modern identity politics. Characters are crafted around their roles in the plot rather than based on forced representation.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Not Woke

What is this?

Traditional family, morality, and national hardship under communism are central to the plot, and there’s little in the way of modern social engineering or undermining of conventional values.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While the film is critical of totalitarianism, it doesn’t hammer home any fashionable modern ideology, though it does reflect the limitations of its era’s permitted discourse. There’s room for pluralistic interpretation.

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