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(1998 TV Movie)

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Sex & Nudity

  • In summary: Sex - one assault, not lengthy or aggravated, otherwise only implied. Nudity - brief views of a woman's breast, a girl's chest, and a tattoo. Some innuendo and other very mild talk about sex, a couple of kisses.
  • We hear a large group of teen boys plan to sexually assault a teen girl; the language is not explicit. They surround her in the woods and one of them gropes her.
  • Voiceover states that in the future an older teen guy will be "raped by a widow" and marry her.
  • A man is seen sneaking away from a woman's house in the morning; sex is implied.
  • A seven-year-old boy says it would be wonderful to see his teacher undressing.
  • An adult man tells several teen girls to sit on his bed and warm his heart or any other part they're near.
  • A tattoo of a naked woman is seen briefly.
  • A pre-teen boy and girl play doctor. No contact is shown or really implied. Nudity is limited to a brief and distant view of the unclothed girl from the side, and a slightly longer view of her chest close up.
  • The breast of a woman underwater is seen briefly.
  • It's mentioned that a woman found in a pond was nude.
  • A woman's announcement that she's going to live with her boyfriend without marrying causes an uproar.
  • An older teen boy and girl lay down under a hay wagon and kiss; nothing more is directly implied.

Violence & Gore

  • In summary: Several attacks occur, some vicious including a murder. None of these are shown for long, and there isn't much blood or gore. A bloody face is shown, and injuries resulting from violence, a brief view of a corpse, and we hear some dialog or voiceover about violence and suicide.
  • We hear a large group of teen boys plan to sexually assault a teen girl; the language is not explicit. They surround her in the woods and one of them gropes her. She slugs him.
  • A large group of men with clubs beat another man for acting superior to them.
  • A man is caught by several others, punched in the stomach, and dragged away.
  • A splotch of blood in the snow leads to a murdered man's corpse. The scene isn't gory.
  • An injured bicyclist is shown with blood all over his head.
  • A woman attacks a man with a frying pan.
  • In a long scene, a teacher continually bullies students, calling them hateful names and striking them with a ruler for reasons such as having a runny nose.
  • A deserter describes the horror of war in the trenches (WWI), but the language is circumspect.
  • Bandaged and wheelchair-using soldiers are seen at a parade.
  • It's mentioned that a man has threatened several times to commit suicide.
  • It's mentioned that manslaughter, robbery, arson, and rape occur with some regularity in the area. And it's mentioned that the coroner committed suicide. A woman found in a pond is also implied to have killed herself.
  • Soldiers fire rifles at clouds hoping to cause rain.
  • We see a boy spit out a mouthful of foul water.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • One scene of cigar smoking.
  • One man is seen drinking several times and drunk a couple of times, driving while drunk once.
  • An older teen boy and girl drink some hard cider (an alcoholic beverage).
  • A woman offers young boys turnip wine, but they don't drink any.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Several very sad scenes.
  • Young viewers might be frightened by a fairly long scene of a teacher screaming in fear and frustration, and by a mourner ranting during a funeral.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A very sad scene when a man tells his wife to go away permanently.
  • Very sad scenes when an elderly, 50-years-married couple are found unable to properly care for themselves and are then sent to a workhouse where men and women are kept separate. We hear that they never saw each other again and died shortly afterward.

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