Backstabbing For Beginners

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Synopsis

Drama. Based on the book by Michael Soussan. A young diplomat at the United Nations (Theo James) starts working for his new boss (Ben Kingsley) and becomes embroiled in corruption surrounding the sale of Iraqi oil.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of profanity and scatological slang
• Infrequent portrayals of gun and weapons violence in a war context - some blood, little detail; infrequent depictions of corpses in a documentary context - little detail
• Portrayal of sexual activity - no nudity or detail
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• Corruption
• The ends justify the means
• International diplomacy

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for frequent use of coarse language

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