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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Mature Subject Matter

Synopsis

Dir: Cherien Dabis. Arabic-language Drama. A Palestinian mother from the West Bank (Cherien Dabis) recounts her family’s story across three generations, amid the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, cursing, vulgar expressions, and sexual and developmental slurs
  • Frequent references to death and injury – some detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence – some blood and detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

  • Homeland and belonging
  • Palestinian-Israeli conflict
  • Grief and mourning

Classification rationale

Rated PG for mature subject matter, violence, and coarse language

Classification date

January 28, 2026

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