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Yentl

Yentl

■ Basic Data

ItemContent
Year1983
CountryUnited States
DirectorBarbra Streisand
CastBarbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving
GenreMusical drama

■ Title Language Table

LanguageTextRomanization
EnglishYentl
EspañolYentl
FrançaisYentl
DeutschYentl
PortuguêsYentl
ItalianoYentl
РусскийЙентлYentl
中文(简体)燕特尔
中文(繁體)燕特爾
한국어옌틀Yenteul
ไทยYentl
Tiếng ViệtYentl
Bahasa IndonesiaYentl
日本語愛のイエントルAi no Ientoru

■ One-Line Definition

👉 A work that depicts a structure in which intellectual longing and gendered religious restriction collide within a closed traditional order


■ Synopsis

A young woman disguises herself as a man to pursue sacred study in a society that denies her intellectual vocation.


■ RECIPE Tags

#Knowledge #GenderRestriction #Identity #Tradition


■ Primary Axis

  • Entry: Desire for forbidden knowledge
     Reason: The protagonist’s deepest conflict begins when learning is treated as a right reserved for men
     Related Film: The Breadwinner
  • Middle: Identity as survival strategy
     Reason: Disguise becomes the only route through a social order that blocks the self from appearing openly
     Related Film: Victor/Victoria
  • Core: Selfhood beyond assigned roles
     Reason: The conclusion moves toward a life chosen beyond marriage, obedience, and inherited gender boundaries
     Related Film: The Piano

■ Secondary Axes

  • Tradition as enclosure: Religious and communal rules define what can be desired, studied, and spoken
     Related Film: The Magdalene Sisters
  • Love against vocation: Romantic attachment is tested against the need to preserve an independent intellectual life
     Related Film: An Education

■ Person

  • Director: Barbra Streisand
  • Cast: Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving

■ Structural Tags

#RestrictedAccess #DisguisedIdentity #SelfDetermination


■ Attribute Tags

#UnitedStates #1983Film #MusicalDrama #ShortStoryAdaptation

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