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14A(14A) Disturbing Content

Synopsis

Dir: Nick Cheung. Cantonese-language Thriller/Drama. A psychiatrist (Terrance Lau) treats an insomniac taxi driver plagued with disturbing dreams.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence in a domestic context - little blood, some detail; infrequent portrayals of suicide and self-harm - some blood and detail; infrequent portrayals of medical procedures and interventions - detail
  • Frequent portrayals of nightmarish imagery and phenomena
  • Brief buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
  • Infrequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context
  • Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - detail

Thematic elements

  • Guilt and shame
  • Aberrant psychiatry
  • Insomnia

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for disturbing content, mature subject matter, and violence

Classification date

June 06, 2025

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