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| Contains moderate sex and language | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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'The Other Boleyn Girl' is a drama about two sisters competing for the attention of King Henry VIII. The film contains moderate sex and language. It also contains implied execution scenes and references to incest.
The film contains two scenes that imply sexual activity between the King and Mary Boleyn. However, the scenes are brief and discreet and filmed without nudity or strong detail. The film also contains a scene in which the King, frustrated by Anne Boleyn's refusal to submit to him, forces himself upon her. The scene is also brief and discreetly handled, merely suggesting what is happening through Anne's pained expression. Additionally, there are a number of undetailed sexual references to the consummation of marriages and what occurs on wedding nights (eg. 'Did the King have you?'). Once again, the references are oblique and undetailed and sit within a historical context where the importance of bearing a male heir is paramount. The film's language includes disparaging references to the sisters' involvement with the King in which they are referred to as 'whores'. The film also contains undetailed implication of two executions by beheading, although no detail is seen beyond the swinging of the sword or axe. There are also some brief and undetailed references to incest. The concept of incest is likely to be familiar to young teenagers and the treatment of the subject is discreet - the alleged incest comes about as part of an act of desperation, is not actually carried through and the two alleged participants are ultimately punished. No-one younger than 12 may see a '12A' film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. No-one younger than 12 may rent or buy a '12' rated video or DVD. Responsibility for allowing under-12s to view lies with the accompanying or supervising adult. |
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