• Director(s)

    Ranjith Joseph

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    10/05/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    129m

  • Cast

    Akash Thiyagalingam

Film

Oozhi

drug misuse

This slow-burning Tamil-language drama explores the aftermath of the Sri-Lankan civil war, including the impact of drugs on a local community as characters struggle to come to terms with their losses and build new lives.…

This slow-burning Tamil-language drama explores the aftermath of the Sri-Lankan civil war, including the impact of drugs on a local community as characters struggle to come to terms with their losses and build new lives.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide

injury detail

  • Director(s)

    Ranjith Joseph

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    10/05/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    129m

  • Cast

    Akash Thiyagalingam

drug misuse
Classified Date:
02/05/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Nungu Group
violence
A man repeatedly bludgeons another with a length of wood, but we do not see any of these blows strike. A man is grabbed and slapped several times by another, in a brief scene of violence.
threat and horror
A group of men approach another as he walks alone at night, grabbing him and subduing him with a rag over his mouth. A family becomes concerned and takes shelter when they realise hostile people are throwing stones at their home.
language
There is mild bad language ('arsehole') also milder terms which include 'God'.
sex
A woman unbuttons her top as she sits with a man and it is implied they subsequently have sex. There are undetailed verbal references to sex and implied sexual activity.
drugs
Characters are shown in some detail smoking an unspecified drug which resembles heroin. A teengager orally ingests an unspecified white powder. Characters are occasionally seen smoking what seem to be marijuana joints. Characters refer to the misuse of unspecified illegal drugs, with one man saying he needs to get high in order to function. There are verbal references to needles and we see a drug deal take place in undetailed fashion.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A teenage boy spies on a couple who, it is implied, are having sex.. The boy's friends ask him to take video footage of these encounters and share it with them.
suicide
There is a brief, undetailed verbal reference to suicide.
injury detail
There is brief sight of blood over dead bodies and also over a man's face and hand in the aftermath of a physical attack.
theme
There are verbal references to the suffering experienced by people living in refugee camps due to poor conditions. An elderly woman talks about the death of her family but does not mention detail of this. Characters grieve for lost loved ones and others who have gone missing.

  • Classified date

    02/05/2024

  • Language

    Tamil