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Monster's Ball
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Sex & Nudity

Several explicit and long sex scenes with clear nudity and thrusting visible. Breasts and rear male and female nudity can be clearly seen as well as some brief frontal female nudity.

Violence & Gore

A suicide scene. A man is shot. An electric chair execution scene which shows a prisoner strapped down and smoke coming off his body as he is electrocuted. Some blood visible as an injured boy is shown.

Profanity

Several scenes which involve some racist dialogue.

Lots of smoking and drinking.

A electric chair electrocution scene is show, it is not very graphic but it is lengthy and is preceded by a long process of preparation for the execution.

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MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, language and violence.

Certification:

UK:15 / Iceland:14 / Iceland:16 (video rating) / New Zealand:R16 / Brazil:16 / Argentina:16 / Australia:R / Austria:16 (Steiermark) / Finland:K-15 / France:-12 / Germany:16 / Hong Kong:III / Italy:VM14 / Japan:R-18 / Netherlands:16 / Norway:15 / Peru:18 / Philippines:R-18 / Portugal:M/16 / Singapore:R(A) / South Korea:18 / Spain:18 / Sweden:11 / Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) / Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) / USA:NC-17 (original rating) / USA:R (censored version) / Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) / Canada:16+ (Quebec) / Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) / Canada:18 (Nova Scotia)

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