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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance)

Synopsis

Dir: Hasan Hadi. Arabic-language Drama. In 1990s Iraq, during strict rationing, a young girl (Baneen Ahmad Nayyef) is chosen to bake a birthday cake for the President's birthday--a task that is compulsory.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual; infrequent use of cursing
  • Infrequent portrayals of threat to a child - little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of weapons violence - no blood or detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

  • Life under dictatorship
  • Power and control
  • Perspectives on childhood

Classification rationale

Rated PG for coarse language, mature subject matter, and tobacco use

Classification date

January 23, 2026

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