Our Father, The Devil (2021)

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Synopsis

Dir: Ellie Foumbu. French-language Thriller/Drama. While working in an extended care home, a refugee (Babetida Sadjo) is horrified to discover that the new priest (Souleymane Sy Savane) is the same man responsible for the death of her family years before.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, and vulgar expressions, some in an aggressive context
• Infrequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence - little blood and detail
• Infrequent references to sexual assault - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of, and references to, sexual activity - breast nudity and some detail
• Brief buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Revenge
• Coping with trauma
• Guilt and forgiveness

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, violence, and mature subject matter

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