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Sex & Nudity

  • A teenage girl says that her brother is drawing pornographic pictures. Nothing is shown.
  • An older woman dances provocatively in a small close-fitting dress in a club. Mild.
  • A man and woman flirt and he pats her butt.
  • While laying on a bed clothed, a man and woman kiss and talk. They are then both shown on the bed topless, talking and kissing. Only the side of the woman's breast is seen briefly and the nipple is not visible.
  • A woman is a prostitute and talks about giving private sessions.
  • Full frontal nudity of two women's breasts....lengthy scenes
  • A woman mentions that her father disapproves of her sleeping with the man she is talking to. A short time later, their faces are shown very closeup in a bed, implying sex.
  • A woman removes her shirt and shows her breasts while trying to seduce a man. This is intercut with a flashback sequence of a man remembering his wife being topless and implied to be raped.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is beat up by several other men at a distance. This is intercut with a slightly bloodied man trying to climb a fence and collapsing.
  • A man is dragged stumbling and then has his head pushed through a window. No blood or injury.
  • A man is threatened to be killed, and is then punched in the face and stomach. Some blood is visible on his lip.
  • Holocaust related violence similar in intensity to newsreels of death camps.
  • A man is shot, and he crawls away and cries out in pain. Minor blood.
  • A man presses his hand through a spike out of shot, and blood is briefly shown after he removes his hand.

Profanity

  • "Oh my God" is said twice.
  • Some minor name calling.
  • Wh*re is said several times.
  • Kike is said as a racial slur.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Many people smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol in a club.
  • A man smokes a cigarette while in bed with a woman.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A few intense scenes include yelling and intimidation.
  • Many of the scenes from the concentration camp are frightening.
  • The entire movie has a very somber and intense tone.
  • The onscreen death is intense.
  • The many very fast cut-always and cut-backs are very intense, and often contain frightening imagery.

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