Diken, BülentDiken, BülentLaustsen, Carsten Bagge2020-12-272020-12-27201731479-75851740-16661479-75851740-1666https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/3689https://doi.org/10.1080/14797585.2017.1343027The article undertakes an allegorical double reading of Being There and Trump as instances of what we call socio-fiction. Crucially in this respect, reality and fiction are not two opposed realms. The two realms always interact in subtle ways, which is why cinema can be a resource for diagnostic social analysis. We first articulate a general commentary on the relationship between cinema and society, introducing the concept of socio-fiction'. Secondly, we analyse Peter Sellers' Being There, an interesting film focused on the relationship between reality and fiction. In this analysis, we elaborate on different ways of approaching fiction in a sociological prism. And finally, we discuss Trump as a fallout effect of Being There. After all, a film is not just an image of a reality, a shadow or appearance of a social fact; sometimes the reality itself seems to have become an appearance of an appearance, a shadow of a shadow.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCinemaBeing ThereTrumpFictionPopulismCynicismArticle257267321WOS:00041110940000310.1080/14797585.2017.13430272-s2.0-85021296999N/AQ1