The Royal Hotel | Australian Classification

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Mature Accompanied (MA 15+)

Strong coarse language

What do the ratings mean?

Poster image for The Royal Hotel

US backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

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Nudity Moderate impact
Sex Moderate impact

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The Royal Hotel is an Australian psychological thriller film in which two Canadian backpackers in need of cash take a job in a remote Australian pub, but are soon confronted by unruly locals and a situation that grows quickly out of control.

Themes

The film contains misogyny, alcoholism, social isolation, and sexual harassment.

Violence

The film contains occasional physical fights involving punches, shoves and pushes. There is the sense of threat of physical and sexual violence sustained throughout.

Sex

The film contains a brief sex scene with a glimpse of breast nudity. There are also occasional verbal sexual references and innuendos.

Language

The film contains use of the words “c**t”, “f**k” and derivatives, “bitch”, “dick”, “dickhead”, “shit”, “prick”, “root” and “bloody”.

Nudity

The film contains a brief glimpse of breast nudity in a sexualised context and an image of a topless woman on a cigarette lighter.

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Industry details

Classification date

10 November 2023

Year of production

2022

Classification

MA 15+

Consumer advice

Strong coarse language

Category

Films

Category detail

Public Exhibition

Media type

DCP

Version

ORIGINAL

Duration

91 minutes

Director/Creator

Kitty Green

Producer

Liz Watts | Emile Sherman | Kath Shelper | Iain Canning

Production company

Neon

Country of origin

AUSTRALIA

Language

ENGLISH

Applicant

TRANSMISSION FILMS PTY LTD

File number

T23/21189

Classification number

CLAS-264891

Alternative titles

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