• Director(s)

    Henry Blake

  • Production Year

    2017

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    22m

  • Cast

    Montserrat Roig de Puit, Marcus Rutherford, Kai Francis Lewis

Film

County Lines

strong violence, sexual violence, threat, language, drug references

COUNTY LINES is a short drama in which a teenage boy recruited by drug dealers finds himself in a succession of dangerous situations.…

COUNTY LINES is a short drama in which a teenage boy recruited by drug dealers finds himself in a succession of dangerous situations.

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violence
Scenes of violence include a boy being abducted, and a substance being thrown in his face. He is then taken to a remote location and punched to the ground, kicked and stabbed repeatedly in the buttocks.
language
There is strong language throughout ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'prick'.
drugs
There are verbal and visual references to drug trafficking, including a scene in which a youth pulls a package from his rectal cavity, and another in which an addict prepares a needle to inject herself. In another scene she is in a state of distress due to withdrawal and offers a man oral sex in exchange for drugs.
sexual violence and sexual threat
During an altercation, a man punches a woman to the ground and unfastens his trousers before ripping her clothing. It is implied she is raped.

  • Director(s)

    Henry Blake

  • Production Year

    2017

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    22m

  • Cast

    Montserrat Roig de Puit, Marcus Rutherford, Kai Francis Lewis

strong violence, injury detail, threat, drug misuse, very strong language
Classified Date:
03/02/2020
Version:
3D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
Scenes of violence include a teenager having a substance thrown in his face, being abducted and beaten up and stabbed in the buttocks. In another scene, a man punches a woman in the face. Some of the violence takes place in a domestic setting, including a scene in which a teenager headbutts his mother in the face. Some bloody injuries are sustained during these violent scenes.
threat and horror
Sequences of threat include a man visiting a woman's home and pinning her against a wall, threatening her and her young daughter.
language
There is very strong language ('c**t') and use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'piss' and 'dick'. There is also discriminatory language ('faggot', 'batty man'). There are occasional sex references, including a woman offering a man oral sex in exchange for drugs.
drugs
Drug misuse includes a woman injecting herself with heroin. There are frequent verbal and visual drug references. In one scene a teenager injures his anus after inserting drugs for the purposes of smuggling.
strong violence, injury detail, threat, drug misuse, very strong language
Classified Date:
03/02/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
Scenes of violence include a teenager having a substance thrown in his face, being abducted and beaten up and stabbed in the buttocks. In another scene, a man punches a woman in the face. Some of the violence takes place in a domestic setting, including a scene in which a teenager headbutts his mother in the face. Some bloody injuries are sustained during these violent scenes.
threat and horror
Sequences of threat include a man visiting a woman's home and pinning her against a wall, threatening her and her young daughter.
language
There is very strong language ('c**t') and use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'piss' and 'dick'. There is also discriminatory language ('faggot', 'batty man').
drugs
Drug misuse includes a woman injecting herself with heroin. There are frequent verbal and visual drug references. In one scene a teenager injures his anus after inserting drugs for the purposes of smuggling.
additional issues
There are occasional sex references, including a woman offering a man oral sex in exchange for drugs.
strong violence, sexual violence, threat, language, drug references
Classified Date:
09/04/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
violence
Scenes of violence include a boy being abducted, and a substance being thrown in his face. He is then taken to a remote location and punched to the ground, kicked and stabbed repeatedly in the buttocks.
language
There is strong language throughout ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'prick'.
drugs
There are verbal and visual references to drug trafficking, including a scene in which a youth pulls a package from his rectal cavity, and another in which an addict prepares a needle to inject herself. In another scene she is in a state of distress due to withdrawal and offers a man oral sex in exchange for drugs.
sexual violence and sexual threat
During an altercation, a man punches a woman to the ground and unfastens his trousers before ripping her clothing. It is implied she is raped.
strong violence, injury detail, threat, drug misuse, very strong language
Classified Date:
09/04/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
BFI Video
violence
Women are punched and headbutted in the face in altercations with men. A teenage boy is punched and kicked by a gang, and stabbed in each buttock.
threat and horror
A woman is grabbed by the face and pushed against a wall by a drug dealer as he threatens her.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and occasional strong language ('f**k'). Milder bad language includes uses of 'piss', 'bitch' and 'dick'. There are also uses of homophobic language such as 'batty man', 'gaylord' and 'faggot'.
drugs
It is implied that a woman injects herself with heroin; she lies back in an intoxicated state. There is sight of of drugs being exchanged between dealers and users. A dealer refers to "cannabis, coke, heroin" as he lists the drugs he has for sale. A character prepares to transport a small package of drugs which he inserts in his anus and, in a later scene, extracts; neither process is shown in detail.
injury detail
There is blood and bruising on the faces of women in the aftermath of being beaten by men. There is burn injury and blood on a teenage boy's face after a substance is thrown at him, and he is subsequently beaten up. The stitched scars on his buttocks, from the same assault, are also seen.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, for example when a desperate woman offers to give a man oral sex in return for drugs.
Classified Date:
24/02/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
Classified Date:
24/02/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films

  • Classified date

    09/04/2021

  • Language

    English