What Josiah Saw
Movie • 2021
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A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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In a dream sequence, a character repeatedly stabs themself in the stomach with a knife.
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Abuse
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Heavy themes of child abuse in this film. Discussion of how a parent burned their child's ear with an iron as punishment. The same parent is mentioned to have whipped another one of their children, and sexually assaulted the other.
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There’s talked about and depicted child abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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Spoiler: a man stalks his son despite a restraining order against him
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Drugs are snorted on-screen.
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Are there bugs?
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A character holds a ladybug and draws attention to it, but it isn't shown in close-up.
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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A primary character went to jail for statutory rape, which he justifies. He’s described with slang words for child molester.
The father also clearly committed pedaphilic incest.
The father also clearly committed pedaphilic incest.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Spoiler: a teen is raped and impregnated by her father
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Is someone drugged?
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A man is given a knock out drug in a glass of tea. He later tricks another man into using uncut cocaine, which kills him as he isn’t expecting that potency
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Is someone restrained?
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A character is handcuffed by their parole officer.
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There’s an on screen sexual abuse scene and a seemingly consensual incest sex scene
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Themes of incest and sexual assault are heavily present in this film. A character is forced to masturbate in front of their father.
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Bodily Harm
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The third act has a bloody dream sequence, and the climax of the film shows two gruesome deaths.
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Is there a hanging?
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A woman commits suicide by hanging. Her feet are shown swaying under the tree.
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Disability
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Lots of ableism used against the son by the father
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The cops are corrupt and unhelpful, as they should be depicted
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A child finds their mother has hung herself. It's shown in flashback and her dangling feet are shown.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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I don’t know that the son is autistic. He’s portrayed and described as being mentally disabled.
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Pregnancy
Are there babies or unborn children?
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A child's skeleton is shown. The circumstances of the birth/death are discussed.
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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The use of "queer" as a noun in a derogatory manner.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Josiah uses the R word while telling Tommy what the other townspeople have said about him.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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The Romani are depicted in wildly prejudicial ways
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Is there hate speech?
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A group of Romani people are the villains of the second act, and are often referred to using outdated terms (the G word).
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Discussion of how Jewish people had belongings taken from them during the war. At least one character refers to them as "the Jews".
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Sex
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The main storyline of this film revolves around incest and sexual assault in the family. [SPOILERS>>>>] The end of the film shows an explicit sex scene between siblings.
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