French Exit (2021)

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Synopsis

Dir: Azazel Jacobs. Comedy/Drama. Based on the novel by Patrick DeWitt. After learning that she will no longer be receiving her inheritance, a widow (Michelle Pfeiffer) sells off her belongings and moves to Paris with her son (Lucas Hedges) and their cat.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and developmental slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence - no blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of corpses - no blood, some detail
• Infrequent references to suicide - little detail
• Brief portrayal of a sex toy in a non-sexual context - little detail
• Frequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Mother/son bonds
• Coping with loss
• Class and ennui

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language

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