THE SECRET SCRIPTURE

THE SECRET SCRIPTURE
Type of media Film
Approved Running time 108m 10s
Release date 19/05/2017
BBFCInsight infrequent strong language, moderate sex, violence
Genre(s) Drama
Director(s) Jim Sheridan
Cast includes Rooney Mara, Jack Reynor, Theo James, Aidan Turner, Eric Bana, Vanessa Redgrave
Summary THE SECRET SCRIPTURE is a drama about a woman convicted of infanticide and placed in a mental health facility where, years later, she maintains she did not kill her child.
Cut This work was passed uncut.
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12A
- ECI information
BBFCinsight publication date 09/05/2017
Note: The following text may contain spoilers
THE SECRET SCRIPTURE is a drama about a woman convicted of infanticide and placed in a mental health facility where, years later, she maintains she did not kill her child.
- Language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and moderate bad language ('whore').
- Sex
There is a scene in which a man and a woman have sex on a table; there is no nudity. A report document claims a character has nymphomania.
- Violence
There are scenes of moderate violence, including a man being dragged away and shot, and a fist fight in which a man sustains a bloody wound.
There are scenes in which it is implied a character may be killing a baby by bashing it with a rock.
In another scene a man makes a sexual threat to a woman, telling her: "I'll have you on this floor" if she does not give him information.
A character is subjected to electroconvulsive therapy against her will.
Details
- Title
- THE SECRET SCRIPTURE
- Year
- 2017
- Distributor(s)
- Vertigo Releasing Ltd
- Classified date(s)
- 20/02/2017
- Main language
- English
- Submitted run time
- 108m 10s
- Approved footage
- 9735+0
- BBFC reference
- AFF349151
- Registration number
- CFJ41530