Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

There are occasional visual and verbal references to civil unrest, conflict and murder. Pained screams are briefly heard from a prison cell, implying off-screen violence.

Scenes include aggressive confrontations and characters in danger, or believing themselves to be so.

There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’, ‘bugger’, ‘bastard’, ‘bloody’, ‘balls’ and ‘piss off’.

Occasional moderate sex references include a short sequence of implied sex, with minimal visual detail, and a scene in which a child sings along to a comic song about a stripper. There is brief sight of a magazine photo image featuring sexualised partial breast nudity.

The film is set during the final days of European colonial control of Zimbabwe, and themes of colonial power and racism run throughout. White settlers are repeatedly shown behaving in a hostile or aggressive manner towards Black characters, and expressing racist views. These views are occasionally repeated by a young child who does not fully understand their meaning. In another scene, a person with a disability affecting their speech is harshly interrupted by their spouse.

A drunk man secretly corners a teenager at a party, caresses her face and presses his thumb into her mouth, making her gag.

A distressing scene shows a child attempting to assist a person who is implied to have attempted suicide; the visual detail is not graphic, however.

There are strong images of an injured person lying in a large pool of blood in the aftermath of off-screen violence. Brief news footage shows the bodies of murdered adults and children; the detail is not graphic, but some of the bodies have blood on their clothes. Blood is also seen on the faces and necks of prisoners in a jail cell.

There are intense scenes depicting people in emotional distress. A flashback shows a woman administering CPR to a young child who is implied to have died. A little girl screams after discovering her mother unconscious in a bath. Other potentially upsetting scenes include ones related to mental illness, bereavement, and child neglect.

Adults and young children are seen smoking cigarettes. A woman who is implied to suffer from alcoholism is repeatedly shown drinking heavily in front of her children.

There are verbal and visual references to violence within the context of war. News footage shows soldiers firing guns and people getting shot. There is a brief scuffle between a married couple.

There are scenes featuring gun threat as well as verbal and physical intimidation.

Strong language ('f**k') is used as well as milder terms including 'cock', 'balls', 'shit', 'piss', 'bloody', 'bugger', 'bastard' and 'Jesus'.

There is a scene of implied sexual intercourse between two adults. A poster featuring a sexualised woman is briefly observed by a child. Adultery, stripping, and 'naughty magazines' are referenced.

There are occasional references to historical racism during the Rhodesian Civil War.

A teenage girl is sexually assaulted by an older man while a young child watches; adults are later dismissive when hearing about the assault.

A child discovers an unconscious body after a suicide attempt, although there is a reassuring outcome.

A person is shown in a large pool of blood after their throat is cut. Bloody bullet and head wounds are visible in the aftermath of violence.

There is brief natural buttock nudity after a woman gets out of the shower. Artistic buttock nudity is shown on a decorative plate.

Upsetting scenes are centred around war and the death of children.

Children occasionally smoke cigarettes, although this is condemned. Adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.