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Through My Window
Movie

Through My Window

2022 • Comedy, Drama, Romance

Woke Score
5
out of 10

Plot

Raquel is madly and irrevocably in love with Ares, her attractive and mysterious neighbour. The thing is, she has watched him from afar because, much to her dismay, they haven't exchanged a single word. But Raquel has a very clear mission: to make Ares fall in love with her. However, she is not an innocent, helpless girl and she is certainly not prepared to lose everything to achieve her goal, most importantly not herself.

Overall Series Review

The film is a Spanish teen romantic drama focused on the obsessive and toxic relationship between the working-class Raquel and her emotionally-stunted, wealthy neighbor, Ares. The core of the plot is a dramatic, highly sexualized, and emotionally unhealthy power dynamic, not an ideological lecture. Ares, a rich male heir, is portrayed as cold and toxic, needing to be 'fixed' by Raquel's determined love, which in turn normalizes her stalking behavior. The narrative contrasts Raquel’s ‘humble abode’ with Ares’ cold, dysfunctional 'empire' and the wealthy family unit. Secondary characters introduce casual and accepted bisexuality. The drama centers entirely on personal, secular, and passionate relationships, lacking any commentary on national heritage or traditional religion.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics2/10

The central conflict is a universal theme of class difference and emotional intimacy, with Raquel coming from a 'humble abode' and Ares from a wealthy 'empire.' There is no focus on race or intersectional hierarchy in the narrative, and the casting is culturally authentic to its Spanish setting.

Oikophobia3/10

The film critiques the specific, highly dysfunctional 'empire' of the super-rich Hidalgo family, whose parents are emotionally cold and whose father is controlling of his sons' futures. The narrative does not generalize this critique to Spanish or Western civilization, and the protagonist’s home life is portrayed as comparatively stable.

Feminism7/10

The female protagonist, Raquel, is an active, aggressive pursuer who sets out with a clear mission to make the male lead fall in love with her. She is portrayed as a strong, assertive woman, while the male lead, Ares, is emotionally closed off and toxic due to his family, requiring her effort to save or fix him. The narrative normalizes her stalker-like obsession as justified determination.

LGBTQ+6/10

Alternative sexualities are a normalized feature of the social environment, with the main character’s best friend, Daniela, being openly bisexual and having a fling with a female professor. This casual insertion of alternative sexuality into the core friend group raises the score, though the central love story remains heterosexual.

Anti-Theism5/10

The film is thoroughly secular, with no characters exhibiting religious faith or any references to the church or higher moral law. Morality is entirely subjective, centered on navigating a toxic relationship and personal emotional fulfillment, but there is no explicit anti-theist message or vilification of religious characters.