A Family Affair | Australian Classification

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Crude sexual humour and coarse language

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Owners of a spiritual retreat risk losing property. Auction interrupts anniversary event. Misunderstandings with younger date and buyers occur. Family conflicts arise as they try to prevent foreclosure.

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Drug use Mild impact
Nudity Mild impact
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A Family Affair is a UK comedy that follows a cash-strapped couple, Edward and Helen, who are trying to save their small guesthouse from foreclosure while hosting her parents for their 40th wedding anniversary and his father, who is mourning the recent loss of his wife.

Themes

The film contains crude sexual humour, including a sight gag involving an adult toy. The themes also include financial strife, family dysfunction and grief.

Violence

The film contains a scene of two people shoving each other briefly.

Sex

The film contains comedic visual references to arousal and sexual acts, as well as some verbal sexual references including a man slapping at his groin with a bidding paddle.

Language

The film contains use of the words "f**k", "ass", "bugger", "bollocks", "cock", "piss", "prick", "shit", and "hell".

Drug use

The film contains the effects of an unnamed substance where people become happy and catatonic.

Nudity

The film contains naturalised buttock nudity in a comedic context.

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Industry details

Classification date

25 June 2025

Year of production

2024

Classification

M

Consumer advice

Crude sexual humour and coarse language

Category

Films

Category detail

Film Other

Media type

Online, SVOD, On Demand

Version

ORIGINAL

Duration

72 minutes

Director/Creator

Warren Fischer

Producer

Warren Fischer | Joan Lane

Production company

Fishcake Films

Country of origin

SOUTH AFRICA

Language

ENGLISH

Applicant

Under The Milky Way SAS

File number

T25/07101

Classification number

CLAS-856743

Alternative titles

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