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14A(14A) Gory Violence, Sexual Content

Synopsis

Dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho. Portuguese-language Thriller/Drama. In 1977, after the death of his wife, a researcher (Wagner Moura) with a contract out on his life, attempts to hide out in his home town.

Content elements

  • Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
  • Frequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and gun violence - some blood and gory detail; infrequent portrayals of injuries and corpses - some blood and gory detail
  • Infrequent references to suicide and sexual assault - little detail
  • Frequent portrayals of sexual activity - buttock and breast nudity, some detail
  • Infrequent breast, buttock, and male genital nudity in a non-sexual context
  • Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

  • Brazil in the 1970s
  • Uncovering the truth
  • Survival

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for gory violence, sexual content, and coarse language

Classification date

November 07, 2025

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