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14A(14A)

Synopsis

Dir: Embeth Davidtz. Drama. Based on the memoir by Alexandra Fuller. During the Rhodesian Bush War, an 8 year-old girl (Lexi Venter) witnesses her family's attempt to hold on to their land and power.

Content elements

  • Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of weapons violence - no blood or detail; infrequent portrayals and depictions of corpses and injury in a news reel context- blood, some detail
  • Infrequent references to, and portrayals of, drowning - some detail; infrequent references to suicide - little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of sexual assault - little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of sexually suggestive scenes - little detail
  • Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
  • Infrequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context, some involving minors

Thematic elements

  • Childhood
  • Colonialism and resistance
  • Coping with loss

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, substance use, and mature subject matter

Classification date

July 18, 2025

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