Brazil (1985)

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Synopsis

Dir: Terry Gilliam. Science-fiction/Drama. In a dystopian world overrun with consumerism and bureaucracy, a gov't employee (Jonathan Pryce) pursues a woman (Kim Greist) whom he sees in his dreams.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of guns, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence - some blood and detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• The pitfalls of technology
• Bureaucracy versus humanity
• Definitions of terrorism

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and imagery that might disturb some viewers.

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