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Sex & Nudity

  • Brief full frontal male nudity; though, it is shadowed by filtered sunlight.
  • Two women are seen topless, including their nipples, from the side.
  • The main character is a male escort and much of the film focuses on this, including many conversations about it and meeting with clients. Once it involves about erection and jerking off.
  • A man is hired To have sex with a woman by her husband. The man meets the woman who is laying in bed and make some sexual talk. The husband watches and asks the man to give her annal sex but the scene ends.
  • a women a guy the main protagonist are in bed together after implied sex he calls a girl its heard that the girl on the phone is touching her self but you don't see it or hear moaning
  • A sex scene between a man and a woman where the woman's breasts are briefly shown and the view pans over much of their bodies as they are in bed.
  • One man asks another man to have gay sex with a client, however he declines.
  • Many conversations about sex and prostitution throughout.
  • Brief scene in a gay bar where many men dance and some are topless.
  • There is one scene where Julian is shown looking out the blinds of his window nude. His bare buttocks are shown briefly.

Violence & Gore

  • Some graphic discussion about the rape and murder of a woman.
  • An angry man breaks and throws things in his apartment.
  • A few loud arguments take place.

Profanity

  • Strong language, including words used in a vulgar manner, e.g. pussy, and some mild language, e.g. ass and hell.
  • Name calling, e.g. 1 cunt, 2 bastard, 1whore, 2 fag, and 3 bitch.
  • '*ss' is said once.
  • 'H*ll' is said once.
  • 'B*tch' is said five times.
  • 'F*ck' is said 11 times. 4 times sexually, and once with prefix motherf*****.
  • 'Jesus' said twice and 'God' said three times.
  • Pu**y is said twice, as derogatory term toward women.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man if a client expects drug use, but is told that they do not.
  • A man retrieves and opens a beer can from a refrigerator, and a small liquor tray is also visible.
  • A woman tells a man to open the champagne for her. He does and pours her a drink.
  • As he wakes up the main character rubs cocaine residue off of a mirror and ingests it.
  • A police detective carries a cigar in several scenes.
  • The main character smokes cigarettes several times throughout.
  • A woman smokes a cigarette in a nice restaurant and a man who sits with her orders an alcoholic drink.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The film has an overall sad tone, and is sometimes dark and intense.
  • The main character becomes paranoid and some things and very angry in a few others.
  • The death of a character is very intense.
  • A couple emotionally intense scenes.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A man falls to his death from a high story window. The impact is not shown but his scream is hard.

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