A Little Life

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High impact themes, self-harm, sexual violence, references to child sexual abuse and suicide

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A Little Life is an English dramatic play, filmed live on stage at the Savoy Theatre, London in which a close group of college friends and associates discover a disturbing and dark secret harboured by Jude, a talented and prodigious lawyer.

Themes

The film contains themes in which a man reconciles the sexual and emotional abuse he endured as a child which left him with physical injuries. It contains detailed depictions of self-harm with associated blood detail, detailed verbal references to child sexual abuse and suicide, mental health themes and an attempted suicide scene with accompanying blood detail. The film is a live performance of the stage performance of the same name.

Violence

The film contains depictions of sexual violence and detailed verbal references to sexual violence. Violence is depicted using a broken glass bottle with associated blood detail. Characters are viewed hitting and tackling each other.

Sex

The film contains a strong sex scene and verbal sexual references.

Language

The film contains use of the words, "f**k", "shit", "arse", "whore", "dick" and "damn".

Drug use

The film contains a character smoking a joint and discreet verbal drug references.

Nudity

The film contains nudity including male genitalia and buttock nudity.

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Classification date

28 September 2023

Year of production

2023

Classification

R 18+

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High impact themes, self-harm, sexual violence, references to child sexual abuse and suicide

A Little Life

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