Luca
Movie • 2021 • Animation
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Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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Luca abandoneds a herd of fish he is meant to watch
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Alberto talks about his dad leaving him, but we don’t see it happening
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Near the beginning of the movie, Luca runs away from home without saying bye to his family
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Eiro
A child is abandoned, which could fall under neglect, a type of abuse.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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Ingridtmmers
They run away from their parents and the parents come looking for them
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Is someone gaslighted?
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turochamp
one character tells the other somethings not actually happening and that "this town is making you crazy". it is just the one line once and the character is in the wrong.
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Addiction
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Animal
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cherry
dead fish (for food)
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Is there a dead animal?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
Lots of fish getting fished up and having their heads chopped off. Also depictions in art of dead sea monsters.
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Is an animal sad?
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Luca and his family all have sad emotions while in a fish-state
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Are there bugs?
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RamenDestroyer
Luca accidentally breathes in a bug and then blows it back out.
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Are there snakes?
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Toyomikiz
Though images of sea serpents are in some scenes
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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Yes, Alberto is held against a wall by two boys and is punched in the stomach by an adult.
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Is someone held under water?
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The parents dunk some kids to see if any are Luca. Played for laughs.
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Is someone tortured?
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The main characters are jumped and then someone throw harpoons at them
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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cha0ticneutralsys
No but there are lots of knives, swords, harpoons, sickles etc used in the movie and there are multiple knife to throat hand gestures
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Is there cannibalism?
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Lilac
Luca and Alberto are technically fish but
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Is there amputation?
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Eiro
Giulia’s father is missing an arm, he jokes to Alberto that a sea monster bit it off but clarifies that he was born without it.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Dreamscape
At 14:15-14:19 a boy chokes on a bug but quickly coughs it out
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Dreamscape
Kids playfully jump off a tower but aren't hurt from it
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Is there a hanging?
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There is a briefly shown image of a sea monster hanging, but no actual events take place
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Does a kid die?
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No, but there are multiple scenes where people throw harpoons at seamonster children.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Solareclipse2014
Yes, Alberto gets wet in the rain and turns into his sea monster self, and he tries to distract the towns people from Luca who is at risk of getting wet. Luca ends up getting exposed, but it turns out okay!
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Lilac
Luca and Alberto’s homemade Vespa gets destroyed several times.
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Does a parent die?
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JustARandomBugBoi
No parents die, but one of the characters doesn't have a mother, and their father abandoned them.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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cha0ticneutralsys
A character is caught in a net but freed
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Does someone cheat?
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Lilac
It is implied that Alberto feels that Luca is cheating on him with Guilia.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Druid
There are suspenseful moments but no jumpscares
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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the entire movie is set by + in the sea.
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Gross
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Does someone spit?
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cha0ticneutralsys
Previous comment is true, Luca spits water at Alberto, Alberto pick his nose and flicks it at one point and Giulia lifts her arms to reveal pit stains if anyone is grossed out by these, Luca also burps during the race
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Does someone vomit?
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mentions of vomit/ gagging motion but does not happen on screen
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Luca “outs” Alberto as being a sea monster but none of the characters are officially mentioned to be LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Mental Health
Does someone have an eating disorder?
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there is a lot of eating (including eating with hands), so be careful if watching people eat is triggering for you.
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Is there misophonia?
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movieluver10
There are some eating noises but it's very mild and you cant hear it much
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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ajmiller03
When the sea monsters initially change into human form they don't know how their bodies work and struggle to stand/walk. Luca's parents express their disgust with their new appearance
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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There are some dream sequences that take things happening in the real world (like riding a scooter), then make them more and more surrealist until Luca wakes up from his dream
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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cha0ticneutralsys
Panic/anxiety attack when changing into monster form and being chased
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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cha0ticneutralsys
At the start Luca is caught in an underwater cave and panics and Alberto is trapped in a net briefly
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Giulia is heavily autistic coded and mentions how she is bullied and the outcast
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
Are there flashing lights or images?
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Lighting flashing/strobing at 1:16:34
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Are there underwater scenes?
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They are all fish
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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The sea monsters call children “it”
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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cha0ticneutralsys
Giulia, Luca and Alberto (and even Ercole’s sidekicks) are made fun of and bullied for being “weird” or different. The terms “stupid” and “idiot” are thrown around a lot
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Is there hate speech?
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catmeres
there is obvious systemic hatred for sea monsters, which the main character is but I wouldn’t say any hate speech
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Anonymous
"Sea Monster"
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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Anonymous
Alberto is basically camping out in an old tower when we meet him, and we later learn he's been on his own there a long time.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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AlmightyKingPrawn
It's kinda bittersweet, but not too sad.
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Does a car crash?
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anonbinary
No but there are several minor Vespa crashes
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Violence
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Does someone drown?
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raspberrysys
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