Father (Chaminda Jayasuriya's Father) (2026)

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Synopsis

Dir: Chaminda Jayasuriya. Sinhala-language Crime/Drama. In a city in Sri Lanka in the 1970s, a young man (Pujana Dandeniya) gradually takes the path of violence to protect his family, friends, and community from a crime lord.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some in the context of torture - some detail, much blood
• Infrequent suggestive portrayals of sexual violence; infrequent references to sexual violence - little detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• The path towards violence
• Dedication to a purpose
• Justice versus revenge

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence

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