Deceiver
Movie • 1997 • Mystery
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The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
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a character describes having sexually assaulted a girl while she was asleep (which gave her horrible nightmares later). none of this is shown, only described in passing. also a man role-plays something like "punishing his wife for cheating" with a sex worker and it's unclear how consensual that is. this is shown on screen
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a man throws a glass at the wall in his wife's general direction when she doesn't immediately do what he told her to do
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a character repeatedly makes decisions that endanger his health (e.g. provokes seizures in himself), though a lot of this is discussed rather than shown. typical self-harm like cutting oneself is not shown, however (but see the shaving/cutting entry for a discussion of a form of self-harm (not shown on screen))
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there's a dead body briefly (only partially shown, but blood is present) and a character cutting said dead body in half (the body is not visible as he does so) and washing his hands of blood after
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the f slur is said once (to a character who's not gay if that helps)
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there is a discussion of a man cutting off his skin because he thought he was an apple after drinking absinthe. none of this (or any other shaving/cutting) is shown on screen, just discussed.
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there is a discussion of temporal lobe epilepsy that more or less describes people with TLE as dangerous and scary
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lying and unreliable narrators are the whole point of the movie, so be cautious if that triggers you. gaslighting as an abusive behavior specifically, however, does not happen
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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something quite close to the violent mentally ill person trope but for temporal lobe epilepsy, if this kind of reasoning is what triggers you. no actual violent mentally ill people though
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one character threatens another with a gun repeatedly. no serious injury through gun violence happens, however
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one character jokingly suggests suicide as an option to another. the other, also jokingly, agrees that it's an option (all of this is very brief)
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there's a brief mention of a girl having nightmares after having been sexually assaulted, but none of this is a notable plot point/shown on screen
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a man suspects his wife of cheating and also cheats on her
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