Beanpole Image Today

The 2019 Cannes Film Festival Press Kit explains how the "beanpole" nickname (given to the tall main character, Iya) serves as a metaphor for a fragile world trying to rebuild after catastrophe.

In sociology, the refers to a family tree that has become "long and thin." Due to increased life expectancy and lower birth rates, families now often have more generations alive at once (vertical) but fewer members in each generation (horizontal), such as fewer aunts, uncles, or cousins. Beanpole image

Towards a Typology of Intergenerational Relations by Julia Brannen (2003) focuses on these four-generation "beanpole" families and how they handle care and work. The 2019 Cannes Film Festival Press Kit explains

Beanpole Families from the SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development provides a detailed overview of this shift from the traditional "pyramid" family model. 2. Film Analysis: Beanpole (2019) Beanpole Families from the SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan