Does the dog die?
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The Nightingale
Movie • 2019 • Drama
ReportIn 1825, Claire, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
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There are no domesticated animals in this film.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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"No animals were harmed in the making of this film" displayed on ending credits. The director's press tour included remarks about traumatizing content that was central to the film's message and measures to support ALL involved in its making.
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Aside from bad dreams, the main character's trauma leads to laughing, dancing, and other behaviors that are responding to something other characters can't see.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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radialintrepid
Yes, but not by choice. The mother is kidnapped, leaving her toddler in the woods. It is never revealed what happens to the child, but it could be assumed other members of her family found him.
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Abuse
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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An abused character tries to cover up their abuse to deescalate an inciting event. An abused character also contemplates giving up on revenge. I think the film is very clear that there are limits to grace and forgiveness.
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Is someone stalked?
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Responses are mixed on this, likely because of ambiguity over how readers are interpreting "stalked".
Are people followed in a predatory manner by someone overcome with thoughts about them? Yes. The plot involves tracking people through the bush for revenge.
But if readers are thinking of stalking as compulsively logging activities of someone they're observing, that's not what this is.
Are people followed in a predatory manner by someone overcome with thoughts about them? Yes. The plot involves tracking people through the bush for revenge.
But if readers are thinking of stalking as compulsively logging activities of someone they're observing, that's not what this is.
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A man slaps a woman hard across the face in several scenes. Scenes of rape.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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The DIRECTOR does not brutalize for spectacle, but within the story the rape of women is a spectacle among groups of soldiers.
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While this theme does not occur, viewers who are wary of learned-abuse will see a boy taught to be violent.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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An Irish woman "of low standing" has her claims of abuse denied by Englishmen, accusing her of making things up.
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A baby is killed, a toddler is left alone in the woods after their mother is kidnapped, a child is shot and killed later on
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Soldiers are shown to be drunk and violent multiple times
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Amazingly, no, the horse lives
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A wallabee is killed offscreen for food. Some sheep are shown dead in a field.
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Are animals abused?
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There are no domesticated animals in this film.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Multiple dead sheep somewhat in the distance and up close shots of a dead wallaby.
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Does a cat die?
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There are no domesticated animals in this film.
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Does a pet die?
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There are no domesticated animals in this film.
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Are there bugs?
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Brief moment showing leeches on skin
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Two characters are sexually assaulted on screen. They are both young women, but there are no specific ages mentioned in the dialogue.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Rape plays a very prominent role in the film.
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Is someone restrained?
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A man is held with his arms behind his back by other men. Multiple men are bound with collars and chains.
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Multiple scenes of graphic rape. Two are right at the beginning of the film, one appears midway through. Pervasive threat of rape from others as it’s a major theme of the film
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There around 4-5 separate instances of on-screen rape in the movie. The scenes are excruciating, but filmed with empathy, focusing on the women's faces, what they're seeing, and not their bodies. There is no nudity, but the scenes are still very upsetting.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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A man is choked but released. A woman nearly drowns.
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Is there decapitation?
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Multiple stages of decapitation are depicted. The film depicts how Tasmanian Aboriginal people were beheaded, with heads kept as "souvenirs".
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Is there cannibalism?
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White people accuse the Aboriginal people of cannibalism, but this seems to be a scare/intimidation tactic they use to threaten each other and slander the Aboriginal people. No cannibalism happens.
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Does a head get squashed?
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A man’s face is repeatedly smashed with the b**t of a gun
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Is there a hanging?
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Hanged bodies are shown but not the hanging itself
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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A man is stabbed in the throat with a spear and is heard gasping and choking as he dies.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Two women are raped repeatedly on screen.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Someone is knocked unconscious with the butt of a gun.
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Does someone break a bone?
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One man's nose is broken after being punched in the face repeatedly, and later his nose is shown lacerated and crooked. Another man is beat in the face with the butt of a gun, and his injuries, among which are likely broken bones (jaw, eye sockets, teeth, etc), are shown but not discussed.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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A man’s face is smashed with the b**t of a gun and teeth are damaged during this
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Is someone tortured?
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While there is no torture, there are prolonged scenes of cruelty and pain being endured by captive characters.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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There is at least one fall down a slope/hill, but not stairs.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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A woman rolls down a hill but is not killed or severely injured.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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There are multiple eye wounds. There are no scenes clearly showing the extent of the injuring events.
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Is there excessive gore?
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There are bloody wounds, corpses, and cruel/violent deaths. The director does not show these images for titillation or to showcase special effects.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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There is violence toward an infant, but no abduction.
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Does a kid die?
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An infant is thrown down, killing it
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Two "young women" are raped but there are no specific ages mentioned in the dialogue.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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There are characters that know they will die from their actions, but these choices are depicted as consistent with a code/value of those characters rather than a sacrifice.
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Does someone die?
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There are a number of on-screen deaths, as well as corpse encounters indicating many other deaths.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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There are equivalent terms from the 1800's that are used to describe a character with a non-speaking role.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
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radialintrepid
Both a husband and child are violently murdered in front of the wife.
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Does a parent die?
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The father of the baby is killed
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A woman is forced to leave her child in the bush and tied to a cart to go along with men who rape her
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Does someone cheat?
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Someone is sexually assaulted by someone outside of their marriage. That is not cheating.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Dreams of deceased people, depicted in a ghost-like, haunting way
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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A river presents a dangerous obstacle in the film.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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The main character vomits.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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ZedAmadeus
No. The movie serves as a thorough indictment of imperialism and its perpetrators. The soldiers are shown to be equal parts sadistic and unskilled. Craven little men, indiscriminately raping and murdering. The sergeant abuses his power, refusing to let Clare go long after her sentence is up, so that he can continue raping her.
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Is there incarceration?
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Answer probably depends on what you think of when you read "incarceration"!
In addition to confinement of criminals to the penal state of "Van Diemen's Land", there are also shackled Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
If audiences want to know whether there are jail cells, no such structures are shown in the film.
In addition to confinement of criminals to the penal state of "Van Diemen's Land", there are also shackled Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
If audiences want to know whether there are jail cells, no such structures are shown in the film.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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The main character awakens from bad dreams. I don't think that reality is "unstable or unhinged" however.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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...I answered "Yes" but I think the word "meltdown" trivializes real trauma and anger that the main character goes through.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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leh
Major themes of trauma and fear in this film. A woman is seized with fear and wanders through the woods, dreaming or hallucinating
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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EmilyRosay
The main character appears to develop PTSD following her husband/baby being killed
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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A couple of very brief pov scenes move the camera as if handheld
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Foothands
No. Audiences might want to know that there is an infant death.
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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"Bloody sodomite" is used once.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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rainbear
"simpleton" and "midget" as insults
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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The film takes place in Tasmania during the 1800s. It is full of harmful racialized rhetoric, but there is no n-word uttered.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Budge
Male soldier is insulted by being called a fat girl.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Foothands
The film was created to address the legacy of cruelty and violence towards Tasmanian Aboriginal people. While characters within the film invest in harmful assumptions about Tasmanian people, the film does a lot to correct prejudicial histories.
Additionally, the production notes for the film include this statement: "The film was developed and made in close consultation with Tasmanian Aboriginal elders
(in particular, prominent elder Uncle Jim Everett) who have sanctioned the re-telling of their history."
Additionally, the production notes for the film include this statement: "The film was developed and made in close consultation with Tasmanian Aboriginal elders
(in particular, prominent elder Uncle Jim Everett) who have sanctioned the re-telling of their history."
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Is there hate speech?
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Extreme colonial racial violence. Black men hanged. Black men referred to as “boy”.
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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ZedAmadeus
Kind of. An aboriginal woman's nipple is exposed in multiple scenes, including a rape scene, but while that may fit the criteria, it didn't necessarily feel like a "nude scene," for whatever reason.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Two women are specifically objectified by male characters who proceed to assault them.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
52 supporters
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leh
Multiple scenes of rape
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
1 supporters
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No but a boy said crying is for girls
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Sickness
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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The Aboriginal people are seen living in tents after their families are killed and are effectively homeless. Another family watches their house burn down, and it's likely they are made homeless thereafter.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Ambiguous ending. Things may be satisfied but no one escapes the violence of colonialism
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Vehicular
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Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
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A woman is pulled from a raging river after nearly going under
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Is there blood/gore?
1 supporters
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leh
Several people are wounded by stabbing. Lots of people are shot, or are shown dead from being shot with guns. Two men are shown hanged. Implied decapitation. Many people are killed by colonialism.
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Is there gun violence?
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Mambutt
Several people are shot in multiple scenes
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