'BENEDETTA'
NO MPAA rating
What it’s about: Details the life of Sister Benedetta Carlini, who rose to prominence for the religious miracles that happened to her and was tried for her lesbian relationship with another nun.
The kid attractor factor: This is an adult (and adult-themed) drama. Not for kids.
Good lessons/bad lessons: Finding your own spirituality through bodily pleasure is greater than the punitive patriarchal structures of the Church.
Violence: Some extreme violence including bloody religious stigmata, sexual torture, references to rape and sexual abuse, self-inflicted bloody flagellation and whipping, suicide, burning at the stake, images of the bubonic plague including dead bodies and mass graves, fighting, bludgeoning, stabbing, etc.
Language: None
Sex: Extreme graphic nudity and sex (between women), including with religious objects.
Drugs: None
Parents’ advisory: This film is extremely sexually explicit and violent, not for kids. Adults only.
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'FLEE'
Rated PG-13 for thematic content, disturbing images and strong language.
What it’s about: This animated documentary tells the story of a young man's journey as a refugee from Afghanistan to Denmark
The kid attractor factor: Not much — this is more aimed at an adult audience, despite the animation.
Good lessons/bad lessons: Learning to be yourself and unburdening long-held secret traumas.
Violence: Depictions of war, some images of bloody dead bodies, inferences of rape, threats of shooting, harrowing experiences of immigration.
Language: None
Sex: References to sex and sexuality
Drugs: None
Parents’ advisory: This is a film that deals with complicated, adult themes and issues, including war. OK for mature kids and teens to watch and discuss with parents.
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