Does the dog die?
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The Burning Bed
Movie • 1984
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An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
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They do talk about a dog dying after being left in the cold
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Sexual assault (groping) but rape is only discussed. It is discussed in detail, though.
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Not shown, discussed in a court room setting. There is a pretty obvious lead up before it happens
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Is there a dead animal?
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Not shown, described.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Not mutilation, but there are many different scenes where the main character has an injured face and rather realistic black eyes.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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A woman is openly brutalized in front of others numerous times throughout the film and no one says or does anything about it.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Gore, yes. Excessive, no.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is someone tortured?
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I would count this level of abuse as torture, but I don't know if others would.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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She forgives him multiple times before realizing he won't stop until he kills her. Then she murders him.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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No but there are potentially triggering comments made about food consumption in the college cafeteria line.
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Is a baby stillborn?
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No but they discuss a situation involving dogs giving birth to stillborns.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Temporary insanity.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Kind of, many people continually downplay very serious domestic ab*se to a character throughout the movie.
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Is there hate speech?
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No but at one point a character is called a whore.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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No, but there is talk about a character being forced into going.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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An abused woman murders her abuser, so yes, although many (including myself) don't believe it was unjustified.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there addiction?
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Alcoholism.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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If you count b***h and "whore" as obscene, yes.
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Does someone vomit?
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A character mentions that she "wanted to v—" because of the assault committed by her abuser.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Yes, and she was coerced into it.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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That’s the focus of the film. If this is a trigger, I’d skip this one.
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