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(Restricted) Synopsis
Dir: Ali Abbasi. Farsi-language Thriller. When sex workers in Mashhad, Iran are targeted by a serial killer (Mehdi Bajestani), a female journalist (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) risks her personal safety to investigate the case.
Content elements
- Infrequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, sexual slurs, and sexual language
- Frequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence - some blood and brutal detail
- Infrequent breast nudity in a non-sexual context
- Infrequent portrayals of graphic sexual activity - male genital nudity, buttock nudity, and unstimulated sexual activity
- Infrequent portrayals of tobacco and illegal drug use in a recreational context
- Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - some detail
Thematic elements
- Uncovering the truth
- Power and control
- Perspectives on morality
Classification rationale
Rated R for violence and detailed portrayals of sexual activity
Classification date
October 26, 2022Was this page helpful?
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