Bona (1980)

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Synopsis

Dir: Lino Brocka. Filipino-language Drama. A woman (Nora Aunor) becomes obsessed with a small-time local actor (Philip Salvador).

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of scatalogical slang,cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Infrequent use of sexual language and references - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence in a domestic context - no blood, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of illness and death - little detail
• Infrequent references to and portrayals of abortion - little detail
• Brief breast nudity in a pictorial, non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Complex relationships
• Unrequited love
• Unrealistic expectations

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language

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