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Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley in Death and the Maiden (1994)

Parents guide

Death and the Maiden

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated R for strong language including descriptions of violent situations

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Moderate
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Severe
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

Moderate
8 of 31 found this moderate
In one scene the couple go to bed and make love. She takes her shirt off and one of her breasts is visible then the husband begins to kiss it with implied suckling.
A female while changing her clothes shows her breasts in one scene. The husband is standing beside her and watching.
The film deals with a woman confronting the man who she believes raped and tortured her. As such there is a good deal of discussion of rape although the act itself is not shown
A woman helps a hostaged man to urinate, all the while humiliating him.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
8 of 17 found this moderate
A woman pistol whips a man and he is held hostage throughout the film, with blood running down his head and face.
There are many descriptions of brutal tortures against a woman, including rape, electric shocks, beatings with objects and sexual torture, all with elements of sadism.
A man threatens a woman with a gun, she struggles with him and he then punches her. Another man grabs him and beats him brutally.

Profanity

Severe
10 of 17 found this severe
This is a very dialogue driven film; Cunt is used twice. Fuck is said 23 times. There are also very graphic verbal descriptions of violence, rape and various sexual abuses.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
10 of 15 found this mild
Characters smoke and drink alcohol during a few scenes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
8 of 14 found this moderate
Early on in the movie, there is a tense scene in which a character appears to be very afraid by an unfamiliar vehicle pulling up to her house.
Most of the movie is very intense, since the action is mostly relegated to one room involving three people.
The entire concept of the film is failry disturbing and dark it involves kidnapping hosatges rape and torture (though not all of those subjects are shown on screen they are frequently talked about)

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 18
  • Australia
    • R
  • Brazil
    • 16
  • Finland
    • K-16
  • France
    • Tous publics avec avertissement
  • Germany
    • 12bw
  • Iceland
    • 14original rating
    • 16video rating
  • India
    • A
  • Italy
    • VM14
  • Mexico
    • C
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • New Zealand
    • R18
  • Norway
    • 151995, cinema rating
  • Peru
    • 18
  • Portugal
    • M/16Qualidade
  • South Korea
    • 18
  • Spain
    • 18
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • Turkey
    • 18+
  • United Kingdom
    • 152021, re-rating
    • 181995, original rating
  • United States
    • TV-MAcable rating
    • Rcertificate #33567
  • United Arab Emirates
    • Not Rated

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