Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Movie • 1975 • Horror
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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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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Pretty much for the entire movie. All of the victims are presumably teenaged and have atrocities occur to them.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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The daughters of the libertines are round up to be abused and married off to each of the libertines.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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A masochistic victim bonds with one of the libertines.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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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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Is someone abused with a belt?
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A victim is whipped for refusing to obey orders.
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the storyteller tells graphic, explicit stories about being sexually abused as a child/teen, all for the purpose of arousing the adult abusers. she does not frame her stories as abuse but they clearly are, and then she is complicit in the abuse of the captive minors.
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Addiction
Does someone abuse alcohol?
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No one abuses alcohol, alcohol is never mentioned throughout the movie.
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No one uses drugs, drugs are never mentioned throughout the movie.
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Is there addiction?
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One could argue the torture the libertines put the children through is an addiction.
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for such a shocking movie, surprisingly enough they didnt include the animal abuse/death trope.
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Are there spiders?
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A spider does not appear in the actual film, but is depicted on some of the posters for the film.
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Does a dragon die?
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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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There is never any dog fighting, nor dogs shown at all.
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Assault
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Pretty much for the entire movie. All of it is very graphic.
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Is there pedophilia?
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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.
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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Is rape mentioned?
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The group of retired sex workers describe how they were sexually abused throughout the movie.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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There are but it is not played for laughs. It is shown as sadism
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Is someone restrained?
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There is a scene with humans wearing dog collars and leashes.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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The senile sadists bully the teenaged young children
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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A boy's eye is cut out of his head, very graphic.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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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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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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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Surprisingly, out of everything, there is no finger or toe mutilation.
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Does a head get squashed?
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No heads get squashed.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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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 shaving/cutting?
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A girl is scalped near the end of the movie.
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Is there amputation?
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A p***s is cut off
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Is someone buried alive?
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No one is buried alive.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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A woman jumps out of a window to commit suicide in one brief shot.
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Is someone tortured?
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The entire movie consists of repeated acts of torture.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Not entirely, but candles are held to multiple people's bodies in an act of torture.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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yes, absolutely do not watch if you’re not comfortable with young teens being SAd on screen
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Does a kid die?
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Other comment is spoilers so I'm just covering it
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone die?
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Most of the victims along with the pianist die, all onscreen.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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they talk about how a girl's mother died in an attempt to save her
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Yes, one of the girls mother dies
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Is someone kidnapped?
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The victims are all kidnapped early in the movie.
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Fear
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Are there mannequins?
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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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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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There is no vomit shown, but people do gag frequently during some scenes.
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Is there defecation?
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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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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Someone eats feces I think so if this section bothers you, you might want to steer clear completely.
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Does someone spit?
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A soldier spits in a civilian’s face
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Lol who voted yes, the movie was made 30 years before 9/11
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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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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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Two female victims are, without their permission, revealed to be in a relationship.
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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No transphobic slurs are used, though the F-slur is heard once.
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Live Theatre
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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There are no mental institution scenes, they are never mentioned or shown.
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Mental Health
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A woman jumps out of a window to commit suicide in one brief shot.
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The pianist successfully commits suicide at the end of the film.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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No one has an eating disorder.
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Is there misophonia?
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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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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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The captors (who are violent) display *symptoms* of mental illness but are not explicitly stated to be mentally ill.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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A girl begs to be killed and says she’d rather kill herself than be tortured
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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The surviving victims will presumably suffer from PTSD for the rest of their lives.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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It might as well be. Why in the world does this movie exist
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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There is no body dysmorphia.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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cries for help from Gd, and a woman commits suicide
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Natural Disasters
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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lots of gunshots towards the end
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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"sh*t," "f*ck" and "f****t" are all heard in the film, the latter only once.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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No one is misgendered.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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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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Does an LGBT person die?
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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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Is there hate speech?
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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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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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I don't know if it counts, but it does for the bourgeoisie
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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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Does the black guy die first?
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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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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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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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Are there homophobic slurs?
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A character calls a group of victims "f***ots."
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
46 supporters
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the plot of the movie revolves around adult men sexually abusing young teenagers
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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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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Are there demons or Hell?
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no, but the movie is structured around dante's inferno
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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no b********y but the victims are made to act like dogs
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The libertines marry, objectify and sexualise each other's daughters.
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Is there sexual content?
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The entirety of the film is disturbingly and graphically sexual.
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Are there nude scenes?
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almost the entirety of the movie is nudity (specifically and especially the children being help captive)
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Is there BDSM?
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The film revolves around sadism, and features a masochistic character.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
22 supporters
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In violent r*pe scenes.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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The film is supposed to have a sad ending, though it is presented with happy music and happy antagonists.
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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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
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Violence
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Does someone drown?
45 supporters
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A drowning is recounted but not shown
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Is there gun violence?
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The men put one of the captive boys at gunpoint. They pull the trigger, but it doesn't fire.
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