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(2017)

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Sex & Nudity

  • Inappropriate sexual relations drive the story. No nudity is shown.
  • A boy and girl, teens, hold hands and kiss gently once.
  • Matia Jackett's character, Mishka, is concerned that she might be pregnant and is brought to the doctor by her parents. The doctor lifts up the girls shirt and bra to check her breasts and then has Miskha lower her jeans and underwear for a brief genital exam. Although not explicit or closeup, nudity is on full displays and the teens breasts and pubic hair are clearly visible.

Violence & Gore

  • There is a brief, non-violent scene involving blood and gore.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Teens are seen drinking and smoking at a party.
  • Pharmaceutical drugs are used medically.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There is an unsettling aura of dread verging on horror throughout much of the film.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • BIG SPOILERS FOLLOW !!! ***************************************************** Thirteen-year-old Mishka discovers she is pregnant by her father.
  • Mishka chemically aborts her pregnancy.
  • The film ends with Mishka getting into bed, spooning behind her sleeping father, with a text-over of "I killed our baby."

Violence & Gore

  • Spots of blood are seen on the floor in front of a toilet where Mishka is sitting. Before she flushes, we see the liquid in the bowl is bloody, and two plum-size globs of dark matter (the aborted embryo).

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Mishka takes a large quantity of unidentified pills which induces an abortion.
  • We see that the father is taking ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic used to treat anything from sinus infections to gonorrhea. Mishka is concerned about why he needs it.

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