Queer (2024)

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Synopsis

Dir: Luca Guadagnino. Drama. Based on the novel by William S. Burroughs. In 1950s Mexico City, a wealthy American (Daniel Craig) has an affair with a younger man (Drew Starkey).

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and gun violence - no blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of frightening scenes and nightmarish imagery - no blood, some gory detail
• Frequent portrayals of sexual activity - buttock and male frontal nudity, detail
• Infrequent breast, buttock, and male and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context; infrequent portrayals of illegal substance use and abuse in an addiction context
• Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions - some detail

Thematic elements

• Love and obsession
• Search for meaning
• Addiction

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for sexual content, substance abuse, mature subject matter, and nudity

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