• Director(s)

    Nicolas Bedos

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

TV Show

Alphonse

ALPHONSE is a French language drama series; in this episode, an unemployed man discovers his father's profession whilst caring for him following his stay in hospital.…

ALPHONSE is a French language drama series; in this episode, an unemployed man discovers his father's profession whilst caring for him following his stay in hospital.

  • Director(s)

    Nicolas Bedos

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

strong sex, sex references, nudity, language
Classified Date:
31/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'whore', 'cock', 'shit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'merde', 'damn', 'hell').
sex
Sex scenes include sight of men thrusting into women, accompanied by nudity, as well as scenes of implied fellatio. A young boy overhears sexual activity. There are also strong visual and verbal sex references, including to sight of dried semen on furniture.
nudity
Sexualised nudity includes sight of woman's exposed breasts and pubis as she approaches a man prior to initiating sexual activity.
A woman briefly smokes a marijuana joint, and there are brief verbal drug references. Drug misuse is not condoned by the work as a whole. A man is briefly beaten and his face is subsequently cut, bloodstained and bruised.
strong language, sex, sex references
Classified Date:
10/10/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'whore', 'pussy', 'slut', 'dick', 'shit', 'ass', 'son of a bitch', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'. There are also uses of discriminatory language ('faggot', 'retards').
sex
Scenes of strong sex feature thrusting, masturbation, fellatio and cunnilingus, which is implied and without graphic detail. There are also strong verbal and visual references to sexual activity, including sex work. There is moderate nudity.
Moderate violence features shootings, with occasional bloody detail, as well as punches, kicks and head butts. Domestic abuse is indicated in a scene in which a woman flees in fear from her angry husband and locks herself in a room. In a flashback to WWII a French woman is tormented and faces sexual threat as punishment for being a collaborator, but a senior army officer intervenes on her behalf. There is brief sight of drug misuse as a man smokes a bong.
strong language, sex, sex references
Classified Date:
09/10/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder language include ‘prick’, ‘bitch’, ‘whore’, ‘screw you’, ‘shit’, ‘BS’, ‘son of a bitch’, ‘ass’ and ‘asshole’, in addition to untranslated use of the French terms ‘putain’ and ‘merde’.
sex
Strong comic sex scenes feature breast nudity and vigorous mechanical thrusting detail, often accompanied by strong verbal sex references. References to sex work run throughout the episode, including scenes in which a sex worker arrives at appointments in costume as a Roman gladiator and a priest.
There are infrequent scenes of moderate threat and violence, including undetailed blows and a sequence in which one man forces a gun into another's mouth. A sex worker tricks an elderly client with memory problems into paying several times over for the same session. Other issues include mild references to bereavement.
strong sex, nudity, language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
10/10/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('whore', 'bitch') and milder terms such as 'shit', 'ass', 'Jesus' and 'damn'. A man uses the discriminatory term 'fag'.
sex
There is a threesome scene. There is also a comic scene of BDSM in which a willing woman is tied up and threatened with a drill; however, they are quickly interrupted before it goes any further.
drugs
Characters prepare and snort cocaine.
nudity
There is brief full frontal female nudity.
In a brief sequence of domestic abuse, a woman is slapped and verbally abused by her boyfriend. In a flashback, a teenage girl attempts to seduce her teacher and when her advances are rebuked by him, she rips open her top and falsely accuses him of sexual assault. There are sequences of mild threat and violence. Brief references are made to suicide, and a woman is seen dying of cancer.
strong language, sex, sex references, threat
Classified Date:
11/10/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), accompanied by other milder terms ('pussy', 'whore', 'bitch', 'ass', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'shag', 'son of a bitch', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God' and 'damn').
sex
Strong sex references include crude mention of oral sex and the sound of loud thrusty sex occurring off-screen. Scenes of sex feature a threesome in the context of sex work, but this is depicted without explicit detail.
A man suddenly violently attacks another after they were discovered to be kissing each other in a toilet cubicle. The man is later seen with a severely bruised face and stitches.
strong sex, sex references, nudity, language
Classified Date:
10/10/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is occasional strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k'), as well as moderate bad language ('bitch') and milder terms such as 'balls', 'ass', 'son of a bitch', 'hell', 'jerk', 'God' and 'damn'.
sex
Scenes of strong sex feature riding detail, sexual moaning and implied cunnilingus. There are also comic strong sex references, including those which discuss orgasms and intercourse. A man and woman passionately kiss, however, he later suspects that they may be related. Women perform at a strip club, with accompanying sexualised breast nudity.
There is a scene of moderate violence in which a woman lowers a pendant into a sleeping man's mouth, causing him to choke to death. A group of villainous characters throw a molotov cocktail into a basement which results in a large explosion. Infrequent references are made to drug dealing.
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  • Classified date

    31/05/2023

  • Distributor

    Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.

  • Language

    French