In Vanda's Room (2000)

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Synopsis

Dir: Pedro Costa. Portuguese-language DocuDrama. Follows the daily life of a heroin addict, living in abject poverty, in Lisbon.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent depictions of animal butchery - no blood, some detail
• Frequent references to addiction, withdrawl, infanticide, and death - some detail
• Frequent depictions of illegal substance use in an addiction context - detail; infrequent depictions of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context; infrequent depictions of illegal drug preparation - some detail
• Infrequent depictions of crude bodily functions - little detail

Thematic elements

• Poverty and addiction
• Daily life
• Marginalization

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for illegal substance abuse

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