Betty Blue (1986)

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Synopsis

Dir: Jean-Jacques Beineix. French-language Drama. A handyman (Jean-Hugues Anglade) tries to support his young girlfriend (Béatrice Dalle) who is struggling with her mental health.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; frequent use of scatalogical slang; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Frequent use of sexual language and references - detail
• Infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence in a domestic context - little blood, some detail; infrequent portrayals of self-harm - some blood and detail
• Frequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast, buttock, and female frontal nudity, much detail
• Frequent breast, buttock, and male and female frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use in a recreational context; infrequent portrayals of illegal substance trafficking in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Mental illness
• Perspectives on love
• Sex and sexuality

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for sexual content, nudity, coarse language, and substance use

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