Miss Bala (2019)

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Synopsis

Drama/Action. Based on the Spanish-language film. A make-up artist (Gina Rodriguez) finds herself in a dangerous situation when she travels to Tijuana to help her friend (Cristina Rodlo) in a beauty pageant.

Content elements

• One use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of gun and hand-to-hand violence - little blood, some detail
• Infrequent references to sexual violence and human trafficking - no detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and illegal substance use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Power and control
• Inner strength
• Uncovering the truth

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and mature subject matter

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