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(1966)

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Sex & Nudity

  • In a dream sequence, the nurse is implied to have sex with the patient's husband while the mute patient is standing nearby.
  • An illustration of an erect penis is shown very briefly, for less than a second. One could blink and miss it.
  • A four-person orgy is described, usually in mild terms, but with some graphic dialogue, such as a woman taking a boy "into her mouth," and "coming."

Violence & Gore

  • In a series of extremely quick and surreal shots, a sheep bleeds out, followed by rapid shots of what can be assumed to be the sheep's innards. This is followed by a close-up of a nail being driven through a bloody wound in a human hand.
  • Two women slap each other resulting in a bloody nose.
  • A monk is shown burning himself alive on television.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Two women enjoy cigarettes and drink wine together.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Some very surreal and rather disturbing sequences that pop out of nowhere
  • Disturbing imagery throughout the movie.
  • One of the characters is watching TV and it shows a monk burning himself alive.
  • The film itself has a very haunting tone.

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Violence & Gore

  • A woman cuts her wrist with her own fingernails, drawing blood. Another woman places her lips on the arm and sucks the blood from it. The woman with the cut wrist then starts violently slapping the other woman several times.

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