Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Movie • 1975 • Horror  

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Synopsis

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
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Does the dog die?
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Are there tsunamis?
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Is there smoke or haze?
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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cammille
Pretty much for the entire movie. All of the victims are presumably teenaged and have atrocities occur to them.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there domestic violence?
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RaeWhite
The daughters of the libertines are round up to be abused and married off to each of the libertines.
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cineast71
A masochistic victim bonds with one of the libertines.
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nyancatspunksibling
I don't think there's any explicit gaslighting shown but if you're triggered by mental abuse you're obviously not going to like this movie.
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cineast71
A victim is whipped for refusing to obey orders.
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Cassiman
The kidnapping victims start turning on eachother
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Is someone stalked?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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RaeWhite
One could argue the torture the libertines put the children through is an addiction.
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cammille
No one abuses alcohol, alcohol is never mentioned throughout the movie.
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cammille
No one uses drugs, drugs are never mentioned throughout the movie.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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Does a cat die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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cammille
There is never any dog fighting, nor dogs shown at all.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a horse die?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Does a dragon die?
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roseswiththorns
Is there someone voting “yes” in every category as a joke or something? There isn’t even a dragon in this movie.
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Are there bugs?
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Are there spiders?
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cineast71
A spider does not appear in the actual film, but is depicted on some of the posters for the film.
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Assault
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cammille
Pretty much for the entire movie. All of it is very graphic.
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Is rape mentioned?
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roseswiththorns
The group of retired sex workers describe how they were sexually abused throughout the movie.
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OscarLeatherdale
There are but it is not played for laughs. It is shown as sadism
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Is someone drugged?
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slambrosia
There is a scene with humans wearing dog collars and leashes.
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Is someone held under water?
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Harbor
The senile sadists bully the teenaged young children
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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cisrot
One older woman recounts multiple times where she was a child prostitute. She tells her recounting with glee and doesn’t express any sadness regarding her upbringing. She is very descriptive.

A lot of the abused teenagers are thought to be under age, yet they are sexually abused through the whole film.


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Bodily Harm
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laurenismith4
guy has his p***s burned with a candle, sexual violence, and a woman tells a story of a woman having a mouse sewn in her vagina
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Is there body horror?
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nyancatspunksibling
Depends what you mean by body horror. There is amputation and obviously horrible acts done to the captives' bodies but it's not body horror like Metamorphosis or The Substance is body horror.
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cammille
A girl is forced to eat food with nails inside, so presumably, though we are not shown for sure.
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Is there a hanging?
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cammille
A girl is scalped near the end of the movie.
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cammille
No one is buried alive.
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Is there amputation?
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Cassiman
A p***s is cut off
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is someone choked?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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cammille
A woman jumps out of a window to commit suicide in one brief shot.
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Are there dislocations?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Is there excessive gore?
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cammille
No heads get squashed.
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Is there cannibalism?
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cammille
The entire movie consists of repeated acts of torture.
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cammille
A boy's eye is cut out of his head, very graphic.
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cammille
Surprisingly, out of everything, there is no finger or toe mutilation.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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cammille
Not entirely, but candles are held to multiple people's bodies in an act of torture.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is there decapitation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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nyancatspunksibling
Other comment is spoilers so I'm just covering it
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Is an infant abducted?
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jaysbaddecisions
yes, absolutely do not watch if you’re not comfortable with young teens being SAd on screen
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Cringey
Is there audience participation?
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Death
Does a major character die?
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Does someone die?
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cineast71
Most of the victims along with the pianist die, all onscreen.
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laurenismith4
they talk about how a girl's mother died in an attempt to save her
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Does a non-human character die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a parent die?
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Luiza
Yes, one of the girls mother dies
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Does someone cheat?
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Does a family member die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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cammille
The victims are all kidnapped early in the movie.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Are there razors?
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Are there clowns?
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there is a male mannequin/sex doll thing that is wheeled out. a girl is forced to practice giving a hand job to its detailed mannequin p***s and the motion jostles the doll creepily. i hated the close up on its face, but its pretty brief.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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cammille
There is no vomit shown, but people do gag frequently during some scenes.
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Is there farting?
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Does someone spit?
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Cassiman
A soldier spits in a civilian’s face
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Is there audio gore?
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doesthedogdie.comfan
Someone eats feces I think so if this section bothers you, you might want to steer clear completely.
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a man squats and defecates on the floor in front of many underage teenagers. we only see him bent over from the waist up, but we do see the poo on the floor afterwards and then he forces one of the teenagers to eat it :/
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Is someone eaten?
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Large-scale Violence
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nyancatspunksibling
Lol who voted yes, the movie was made 30 years before 9/11
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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9
Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
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cineast71
No transphobic slurs are used, though the F-slur is heard once.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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cineast71
Two female victims are, without their permission, revealed to be in a relationship.
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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RaeWhite
The libertines are dressed in women's garments, but there's nothing implying they're transgender or making fun of transgender people.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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cammille
There are no mental institution scenes, they are never mentioned or shown.
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Are there heart attacks?
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3
Does someone have cancer?
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14
Is there a hospital scene?
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14
Is there menstruation?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Mental Health
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cammille
A woman jumps out of a window to commit suicide in one brief shot.
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cineast71
The pianist successfully commits suicide at the end of the film.
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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cammille
No one has an eating disorder.
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is there misophonia?
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cisrot
There is a scene where the characters are forced to eat human poop. The poop is obviously fake, but the sound of chewing and gagging is heard a lot.
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nyancatspunksibling
The captors (who are violent) display *symptoms* of mental illness but are not explicitly stated to be mentally ill.
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cammille
There is no body dysmorphia.
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-3
It might as well be. Why in the world does this movie exist
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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9
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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9
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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6
Does someone have a mental illness?
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2
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cineast71
The surviving victims will presumably suffer from PTSD for the rest of their lives.
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laurenismith4
cries for help from Gd, and a woman commits suicide
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Cassiman
A girl begs to be killed and says she’d rather kill herself than be tortured
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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15
Are there flashing lights or images?
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14
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0
lots of gunshots towards the end
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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0
Are there underwater scenes?
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cineast71
"sh*t," "f*ck" and "f****t" are all heard in the film, the latter only once.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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10
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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9
Does someone miscarry?
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Yes
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14
Is there childbirth?
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12
Does a pregnant person die?
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14
Are there babies or unborn children?
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8
Are there abortions?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Yes
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cineast71
A character calls a group of victims "f***ots."
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cammille
No one is misgendered.
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cammille
There is no ableism as far as I can tell (keep in mind that I watched it with translated English subtitles).
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parawants2die
no but as far as i can remember theres a scene with an male caracter who wears a bride wedding dress
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Is there hate speech?
44 supporters
Yes
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cammille
A man calls other people qu**rs in one scene (keep in mind that I watched it with translated English subtitles).
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Dorianaz9
I don't know if it counts, but it does for the bourgeoisie
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cammille
There was only one black person in the entire movie and she does die, but after a few of the white people.
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Is there aphobia?
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cammille
While there is no antisemitism directly mentioned in the movie, the plot is focused on four men in power during the fascist / n**i era of Italy in 1944.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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0
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cammille
There are two girls who have a secret sexual relationship and, like all of the other victims, they both die via being tortured.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Yes
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7
Relationships
Yes
14
No
0
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justbroth
the plot of the movie revolves around adult men sexually abusing young teenagers
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Religious
Yes
7
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0
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laurenismith4
the victims are told not to engage in any religious activities or they'll be punished, and there is cries for help from Gd, and some of them ask why Gd has abandoned them
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Yes
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No
5
1
no, but the movie is structured around dante's inferno
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Sex
Yes
26
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0
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cineast71
The entirety of the film is disturbingly and graphically sexual.
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Yes
13
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0
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jaysbaddecisions
almost the entirety of the movie is nudity (specifically and especially the children being help captive)
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Yes
18
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0
Is there BDSM?
38 supporters
Yes
7
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0
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cineast71
The film revolves around sadism, and features a masochistic character.
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2
In violent r*pe scenes.
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Yes
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8
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laurenismith4
no b********y but the victims are made to act like dogs
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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0 supporters
Yes
15
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7
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cineast71
The libertines marry, objectify and sexualise each other's daughters.
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Sexism
Yes
2
No
7
Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Yes
0
No
7
Is someone terminally ill?
28 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Does someone have a chronic illness?
18 supporters
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Yes
1
No
7
Does someone have a stroke?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
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8
Social
Are there fat suits?
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Yes
0
No
6
Is existentialism debated?
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Yes
2
No
4
Is someone homeless?
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Yes
0
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9
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Yes
0
No
7
Spoiler
Yes
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1
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cineast71
The film is supposed to have a sad ending, though it is presented with happy music and happy antagonists.
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Yes
0
No
6
Yes
2
No
15
1
OscarLeatherdale
Okay, if you're considering watching this with children but are hesitant if children will discover santa isn't real. You are a weird ass parent that probably needs CPS called on you.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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15
Is someone hit by a car?
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Yes
1
No
14
Does a plane crash?
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Yes
1
No
15
Does a car honk or tires screech?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Violence
Yes
18
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0
1
The men put one of the captive boys at gunpoint. They pull the trigger, but it doesn't fire.
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Does someone drown?
36 supporters
Yes
6
No
9
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VersusChristus
A drowning is recounted but not shown
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Yes
1
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15
Is there blood/gore?
0 supporters
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Yes
24
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0