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18A(18A)

Synopsis

Dir: Kristen Stewart. Drama/Biography. Based on the memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch. A young woman (Imogen Poots) struggles to find her voice as a writer after suffering years of abuse and addiction.

Content elements

  • Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, many in a sexual context; frequent use of cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
  • Frequent use of sexual language and references - some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of weapons violence in a corporal punishment context - no blood, little detail
  • Frequent references to, and portrayals of, child sexual abuse and domestic violence - some detail; infrequent portrayals of self-harm, injury, and still-birth - some blood and detail
  • Frequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast nudity, some blood and detail; infrequent portrayals of BDSM - no blood, some detail
  • Frequent breast and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
  • Frequent portrayals of alcohol use in an addiction context; infrequent portrayals of tobacco, cannabis, and illegal substance use in a recreational context; infrequent portrayals of a drug overdose - some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - some detail

Thematic elements

  • Coping with trauma and loss
  • Finding your voice
  • Life of the author

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for sexual content, nudity, substance abuse, mature subject matter, and coarse language

Classification date

January 27, 2026

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