The Platform

Movie • 2019 • Drama  

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This movie contains 57 potentially triggering events.
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jackparker
SKIP FROM 50:39-51:08
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Does an animal die?
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jackparker
+ Montage in very beginning of film wherein shots of stripped cow and pig skulls are shown. Lobsters and cooked meats are shown on the platform throughout the movie. + Throughout the film, the eating of snails is brought up as a symbolic metaphor and used to justify cannibalism. This comparison may be distressing to vegan/vegetarians. + Dog death. SKIP (50:39-51:08) DETAILS FOLLOW SCROLL TO NEXT "+" TO AVOID: The character Miharu kills Imoguiri's "sausage dog" (dachshund) Ramesses II. The killing is done off-screen but Imoguiri is clearly distraught. There is a graphic shot of evidence of the murder. It is brief but upsetting. As the film goes on, it is clear that this vicious killing has damaged Imoguiri irreparably. + At around the (55 minute mark), Imoguiri refuses to eat from the platform, stating it's Ramesses II's turn to eat. As a dachshund owner, this scene was particularly hard-hitting. At (56:17) it's shown Imoguiri has become a victim of suicide by hanging. + Around 53:41 are shots of snails, first alive and then being prepared as a dish for the platform. In the following scene, hands are seen tearing at various dishes made from animals, obviously meant to be grotesque and disgusting. The main character finds the snails at 55:10 and eats them.
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jackparker
+ Montage in very beginning of film wherein shots of stripped cow and pig skulls are shown. Lobsters and cooked meats are shown on the platform throughout the movie.

+ Throughout the film, the eating of snails is brought up as a symbolic metaphor and used to justify cannibalism. This comparison may be distressing to vegan/vegetarians.

+ Dog death. SKIP (50:39-51:08)
DETAILS FOLLOW SCROLL TO NEXT "+" TO AVOID: The character Miharu kills Imoguiri's "sausage dog" (dachshund) Ramesses II. The killing is done off-screen but Imoguiri is clearly distraught. There is a graphic shot of evidence of the murder. It is brief but upsetting. As the film goes on, it is clear that this vicious killing has damaged Imoguiri irreparably.
+ At around the (55 minute mark), Imoguiri refuses to eat from the platform, stating it's Ramesses II's turn to eat. As a dachshund owner, this scene was particularly hard-hitting. At (56:17) it's shown Imoguiri has become a victim of suicide by hanging.

+ Around 53:41 are shots of snails, first alive and then being prepared as a dish for the platform. In the following scene, hands are seen tearing at various dishes made from animals, obviously meant to be grotesque and disgusting. The main character finds the snails at 55:10 and eats them.

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CharlieCharlie
A dog is graphically cut open. Entrails are shown.
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Does a cat die?
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thegoodwitch
a daschund is graphically murdered, his human is distraught
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PetraHazel
Maggots are seen on a human corpse
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thegoodwitch
a parent and child are separated. the mother spends the majority of the movie looking for her child, there is definitely no abandonment
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akoifish
A female character voluntarily enters the prison, not knowing the extent of the conditions. There is a conversation about her having been brainwashed by the Administration.
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akoifish
A child is neglected but is not visibly emaciated.
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Gina1
The main character is trying to quit smoking
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GentlyUsedLamp
someone smokes a cigarette on screen
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akoifish
No abuse of alcohol, but a man chugs a bottle of wine
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thegoodwitch
the character tied up head to toe is the most graphic/intense instance of restraint, but there are other scenes where characters physically hold each other back/down, some of which get quite violent
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Dana123
A sexual assault is attempted, but is not successful.
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VIRUS
Minor Spoilers: Whenever people get moved from one platform to another they get drugged via gas as to not wake up during the process.
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VIRUS
Sexual assault is attempted but thankfully unsuccessful.
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akoifish
Yes, graphic. Cannibalism
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It can be implied
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PetraHazel
The main character and another character are both violently beaten in the head.
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sophie.bagnall
not really, but the main character is tied to a bed and while being held down with a knife (during a cannibalism scene), he is told that his penis could be eaten and it’s definitely worth avoiding if this is a trigger
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akoifish
Image of a charred body. No features can be made out, just smoking rubble
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RevonTulet
Both shown and talked about extensively, also implied to be happening on a large scale off-screen.
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akoifish
very violent choking scene with blood
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echoevemorrow
Main characters are gassed repeatedly. Starvation loss of consciousness. Characters knocked unconscious.
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PetraHazel
The main character is tied to a bed, starved, and then cut into when his cell mate needs to eat
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ValentinaVi
A character is decapitaded but it's shown real quickly.
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Kaleigh
The main character is punched repeatedly in the face and after that constantly has blood dripping from his mouth, but it is not obvious that his teeth are damaged.
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thegoodwitch
there are no stairs in this movie
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PetraHazel
Many prisoners choose to jump into the hole to kill themselves.
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jackparker
SKIP (56:17-56:47)
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thegoodwitch
unclear. a child is sent to the top of the platform as a message and it is not specified what happens to her on the journey or after she reaches the top
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Goreng’s female cell mate hangs herself about 56 minutes in. He hallucinates afterward and it is implied she did it partially to keep him fed.
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Dazetr
the child is absent and is not shown to ever know that the parent (mother) dies
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KaeGee
It doesn’t show the action of the child being taken but there is an implied kidnapping
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j.cat
A body very suddenly drops from above and I jumped, but that is all. Cannot remember time stamps unfortunately
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VIRUS
There is a golden statue in one of the platform rooms but no mannequins per se.
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JessicaE
I wish there were showers in this movie
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VIRUS
A man shaves his beard but the actual razor cannot be seen, only foam and the plastic handle.
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akoifish
No, but a ghost tells the protagonist that the ghost is inside him. But it's just a hallucination
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PetraHazel
The main character hallucinates two people that he ate to survive
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ScramblinSue
LOTS of spitting & gross eating (Slurping, mouths open, chomping)
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sophie.bagnall
yes, and someone defecates on someone’s face and a man urinates on food
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thegoodwitch
this happens a few times throughout the film and is regularly discussed
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Stacy
SKIP 24:09-24:12
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ValentinaVi
There is a lot of cutting, blood and even cannibalism, all accompanied by sound.
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thegoodwitch
the entire movie takes place inside an institution which replaces prison
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jackparker
SKIP 52:54-53:28

A character talks about losing a fight against their cancer diagnosis and opens their shirt to reveal lesions.
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akoifish
Mention of a mental institution
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Dazetr
throughout the film people who are under extreme psychological distress are violent to one another to the point of graphic mutilation, assault, murder and cannibalism. The main character experiences hallucinations throughout the film as a result of the stress he is under and is violent throughout the film. To the best of my knowledge, no specific mental illnesses are ever mentioned or used to explain violent behaviour.
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Smoofan69
Lots of people eat in it, but noises are not to bad.
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akoifish
Yes, multiple characters have on-screen anxiety attacks. The Platform environment is very traumatizing to many characters
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A woman hangs herself
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jackparker
+ There are repeated mentions throughout film of people "choosing death" over their situation. Several bodies are seen falling down the shaft of the hole.

+ SKIP (56:17-56:47) Imoguiri becomes a victim of suicide by hanging.

+ (SKIP 58:35) Goreng retrieves a shard of glass from the platform but uses it to scratch notches into the wall to count the days.
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RobbM
No, there are no eating disorders, but there is heavy emphasis on eating and gluttony.
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VIRUS
Up to interpretation.
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ValentinaVi
The whole movie is set in "cells", not that small as characters can walk and move easily but still can be claustrophobic to someone.
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Stacy
There are multiple suicides, but no self-harm.
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sophie.bagnall
i believe so, and there are multiple suicide scenes
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jackparker
A good portion of the film is shot using a handheld camera so there is quite a bit of motion/swaying particularly in tense scenes.
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sapphiceevee
As someone with epilepsy, I was able to withstand the flashing in the movie, personally. It only lasts for about 13 seconds at the very ending scene of the movie, from [1:29:33], to [1:29:46]. It flashes between red, tan, and black. For those with epilepsy, please be aware and careful.
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sophie.bagnall
no, but there is a very young child who is subjected to severe neglect and is visibly terrified and upset
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unlit
A character who is played by a trans actor dies
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gothbeetle
racism towards black and asian characters
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TheWheelchairGirl
There is a character with a disability who is shown in a very stereotypic way than can be upsetting (SPOILER mentally disabled man being violent and mindless) but it’s a small scene than can be skipped without losing plot
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Kaleigh
The movie is in Spanish, so I am unsure what is considered a slur, but the black man in the movie is referred to as 'negro' or something similar.
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RobbM
No, but one does die, near the end.
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sophie.bagnall
there is sex that is audible, there is a scene from a dream where there is close sexual contact and penises are seen
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there BDSM?
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In the first 20 minutes there is a brief cut of one male cell mate naked while waiting for his clothes to dry, followed shortly by both male cell mates stretching/doing yoga (?) naked. Buttocks are seen, and minor flashes of penis.
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Several mentions of a woman being “kept for days” by the prisoners below her.
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emorybee
A character is dying of cancer
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Stacy
It's kind of left up to interpretation.
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akoifish
There are no cars
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akoifish
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shannonwilliams49
Lots of violence with weapons (professionally made and makeshift), but no guns
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