“Love” (2012, Austria-Germany-Kenya ), the first film of “Paradise”, Ulrich Seidl ́s trilogy, proposes a perspective which situates the viewer in an uncomfortable dilemma. The film will reveal
both the patriarchal and colonial look. Faced with this confrontation, we wonder from the
“intersectionality theory”: what is the role that sexuality devices play in relationships of domination according to the film representation. We intend to discern what types of power relationship have been established between the characters, how borders work here and how cultural
conflicts are managed. We will analyze some of sex relationships of the protagonist focusing
on the courtship moments which reveal diverse linguistic, social boundaries of gender, age and
class, where hegemonic concept of romantic love is questioned at the same time, its function
as a technique of power is showed. In the same way, we will check if these conflicts are solved or
not during sex negotiations, and what is the role that colonial domination plays in the film.
Alarcón Zayas, V. (2017). An intersectional analisys of power relations in the Ul - rich Seidl’s film Love. Comunicación Y Medios, (36), 55–70. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-1529.2017.42544
