• Director(s)

    Elizabeth Lazebnik

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    84m

  • Cast

    Piercey Dalton, Daniel Smith Arnold, James McDougall

Film

Be Still

unsettling scenes, child bereavement theme

BE STILL is a Canadian period drama, inspired by the life of 19th Century experimental photographer Hannah Maynard, who loses herself in her work as she tries to cope with grief following the death of her daughter.…

BE STILL is a Canadian period drama, inspired by the life of 19th Century experimental photographer Hannah Maynard, who loses herself in her work as she tries to cope with grief following the death of her daughter.

disturbing images
We see a woman taking a portrait photograph of a mother with her dead baby. There are frequent sequences that feature unsettling images and sound effects representing a mother's grief and her struggles with mental health.
theme
There are upsetting scenes as characters grieve the death of their children. A woman struggles with mental health issues; other characters display dated attitudes around the support and treatment she is offered.
additional issues
Male characters occasionally behave in a sexist way. There are undetailed verbal references to a murder case in which a woman is said to have cut her husband's head off. It is briefly implied that a woman may be considering drowning herself in a bathtub.

  • Director(s)

    Elizabeth Lazebnik

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    84m

  • Cast

    Piercey Dalton, Daniel Smith Arnold, James McDougall

unsettling scenes, child bereavement theme
Classified Date:
01/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Vertical Entertainment
disturbing images
We see a woman taking a portrait photograph of a mother with her dead baby. There are frequent sequences that feature unsettling images and sound effects representing a mother's grief and her struggles with mental health.
theme
There are upsetting scenes as characters grieve the death of their children. A woman struggles with mental health issues; other characters display dated attitudes around the support and treatment she is offered.
additional issues
Male characters occasionally behave in a sexist way. There are undetailed verbal references to a murder case in which a woman is said to have cut her husband's head off. It is briefly implied that a woman may be considering drowning herself in a bathtub.

  • Classified date

    01/05/2023

  • Language

    English