Lee (2023)

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Synopsis

Dir: Ellen Kuras. English/French-language Biographical Drama. Based on 'The Lives of Lee Miller' by Antony Penrose. During World War II, former model and fashion photographer Lee Miller (Kate Winslet) becomes a renowned American war correspondent for British Vogue, documenting the most significant historical events in Europe following its liberation by the Allies.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of profanity and cursing; infrequent use of scatological slang, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Infrequent use of sexual language and references - little detail
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence in WWII context - some detail, little blood; infrequent portrayals of surgery - some blood and detail; infrequent portrayals of corpses, and depictions of corpses in the context of documentary photography - some detail
• Infrequent references to, and descriptions of sexual assault, some involving children - little detail
• Infrequent breast nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use; infrequent portrayals of prescription drug use

Thematic elements

• World War II
• Witness to History
• Gender in the army

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, war violence, and nudity

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