Insult, The

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Synopsis

Arabic-language Drama. After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian (Adel Karam) and a Palestinian refugee (Kamel El Basha) escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of vulgar expressions; infrequent use of scatological slang and ethno-cultural slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence - no blood or detail; infrequent portrayals of wounds and corpses in a historical context - some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• Prejudice and anger
• Disagreement and perspective
• The history and politics of Lebanon

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language

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