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Sex & Nudity

  • There is a discussion between Talyda's mother, Talyda, and Gambir about his erectile dysfunction.
  • Abortion is one of the subplots in the movie.
  • There are several sex-related conversations between different characters throughout the movie.
  • Gambir takes a shower. His behind is blurred (shown from outside of an obscured shower window).
  • A woman engages in sado-machoism with a tied man, which is briefly seen in illegal video records.

Violence & Gore

  • Level of violence:10/10.
  • A subplot of the film is abortion and child abuse, both of them many times referenced and implied.
  • A woman sews her own hand.
  • A significant part of the film deals with child abuse, and such contains multiple scenes of verbal and physical abuse against a small child.
  • In an illegal video records, we see in a prison a man been raped by another man. Both are thrusting and moaning.
  • A person is drowned in a bowl of soup.

Profanity

  • There are instances of name calling, but there is not a lot of profanity on the movie.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Characters are shown smoking cigarettes.
  • Drinking is shown in social gatherings.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The man in the abortion clinic could be considered scary for some.
  • The movie contains increasing levels of violence as it progresses.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • You hear Talyda aborting her own baby. She then brings the baby and wants Gambir to puts it in the pregnant woman statue. Later, she makes a deal with abortion clinic to have Gambir collect them to insert them into other sculptures.
  • Talyda's mother-in-law asked Talyda to have sex with multiple people in order to conceive.
  • Talyda have sex with Rio and Dandung. The sex is shown in video records. Fellatio is implied, but there is no nudity during these scenes.

Violence & Gore

  • Talyda refuses to have sex with Gambir. Gambir forces her to do it. The scene shown outside of room divider, which makes the scene obscured but still visible.
  • An abused child slits the throat of his parents and later slits his own. The scene in extremely bloody.
  • Gambir slits Koh Jimmy, Rio, and Dandung throat with a knife, in bloody and graphic scene. He stabs Dandung's eye with a broken champagne glass. Rio's blood smudge Gambir's head and body, leaving him covered in red.
  • Gambir plays a russian roulette to Talyda. After third shot, her head is shot by gun. Blood and brain matter splatter, but her head is not shown after the shot.
  • Gambir explores the scene in which the bodies of the boy and his parents bodies are lying in blood. The boy then gets up and tells something to Gambir before disappearing.
  • A man confesses to a priest that he killed his wife. The priest answers that his act is acceptable.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Gambir drugs his dinner guests with a paralyzing drug.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The scene in the mental hospital can make some uneasy.

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