Lady Macbeth

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Synopsis

Drama. Based on the novel 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk' by Nikolai Laskov. In 19th century England, a young wife (Florence Pugh) has an affair with a stable boy (Cosmo Jarvis) while her husband is away (Paul Hilton).

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of sexual slurs and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some involving children – some blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity – breast nudity, some detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity and male frontal in a non-sexual context

Thematic elements

• Gender, power, and control
• Loyalty and desire
• Manipulation and deception

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for detailed sexual content and violence

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