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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance)

Synopsis

Dir: Christian Petzold. German-language Drama. After her boyfriend dies in a car accident, a music student (Paula Beer) goes to live with a woman (Barbara Auer) who witnessed the crash.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of scatological slang
  • Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence - little blood, no detail; infrequent portrayals of a car accident - some blood and detail
  • Infrequent references to suicide - little detail
  • Infrequent portrayals of alcohol use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

  • Coping with loss
  • Healing
  • Human connections

Classification rationale

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

Classification date

April 22, 2026

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