Gardenia
infrequent strong sex references, sexual threat
Director(s)Domenico Paolella
Production year1979
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes100m
CastFranco Califano, Martin Balsam, Robert Webber
Gardenia
infrequent strong sex references, sexual threat
A restaurateur draws the ire of a dangerous mob boss by refusing to sell drugs through his business in this Italian crim ...
A restaurateur draws the ire of a dangerous mob boss by refusing to sell drugs through his business in this Italian crime drama from 1979.
sex
A scene shows a gangster attempting to force a young woman into sex work. The scene includes some violence and use of non-graphic verbal rape threats. The woman is rescued before the abuse goes any further.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Crude verbal detail is used during a scene in which a sex worker and a prospective client discuss a BDSM sex act. Paintings of naked women in suggestive poses are briefly visible on the wall of a bedroom. Other scenes contain moderate visual and verbal sex references.
additional issues
Moderate scenes of violence and threat include gunfire, fist fights, beatings and use of grenades, occasionally resulting in bloody detail. Bad language includes ‘whore’, ‘bitch’, ‘pussy’, ‘screw’, ‘shit’, ‘bastard’, ‘ass’ and ‘crap’. There are occasional scenes involving discrimination and outdated references, such as a sequence in which a white man makes comments stereotyping people from East Asia, and another in which two men bet for ‘ownership’ of a woman. Other scenes contain visual and verbal references to drug dealing.
infrequent strong sex references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
05/01/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
88 Films Limited
sex
A scene shows a gangster attempting to force a young woman into sex work. The scene includes some violence and use of non-graphic verbal rape threats. The woman is rescued before the abuse goes any further.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Crude verbal detail is used during a scene in which a sex worker and a prospective client discuss a BDSM sex act. Paintings of naked women in suggestive poses are briefly visible on the wall of a bedroom. Other scenes contain moderate visual and verbal sex references.
additional issues
Moderate scenes of violence and threat include gunfire, fist fights, beatings and use of grenades, occasionally resulting in bloody detail. Bad language includes ‘whore’, ‘bitch’, ‘pussy’, ‘screw’, ‘shit’, ‘bastard’, ‘ass’ and ‘crap’. There are occasional scenes involving discrimination and outdated references, such as a sequence in which a white man makes comments stereotyping people from East Asia, and another in which two men bet for ‘ownership’ of a woman. Other scenes contain visual and verbal references to drug dealing.
Classified date05/01/2026
LanguageEnglish
sex
A scene shows a gangster attempting to force a young woman into sex work. The scene includes some violence and use of non-graphic verbal rape threats. The woman is rescued before the abuse goes any further.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Crude verbal detail is used during a scene in which a sex worker and a prospective client discuss a BDSM sex act. Paintings of naked women in suggestive poses are briefly visible on the wall of a bedroom. Other scenes contain moderate visual and verbal sex references.
additional issues
Moderate scenes of violence and threat include gunfire, fist fights, beatings and use of grenades, occasionally resulting in bloody detail. Bad language includes ‘whore’, ‘bitch’, ‘pussy’, ‘screw’, ‘shit’, ‘bastard’, ‘ass’ and ‘crap’. There are occasional scenes involving discrimination and outdated references, such as a sequence in which a white man makes comments stereotyping people from East Asia, and another in which two men bet for ‘ownership’ of a woman. Other scenes contain visual and verbal references to drug dealing.
Director(s)Domenico Paolella
Production year1979
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes100m
CastFranco Califano, Martin Balsam, Robert Webber
infrequent strong sex references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
05/01/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
88 Films Limited
sex
A scene shows a gangster attempting to force a young woman into sex work. The scene includes some violence and use of non-graphic verbal rape threats. The woman is rescued before the abuse goes any further.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Crude verbal detail is used during a scene in which a sex worker and a prospective client discuss a BDSM sex act. Paintings of naked women in suggestive poses are briefly visible on the wall of a bedroom. Other scenes contain moderate visual and verbal sex references.
additional issues
Moderate scenes of violence and threat include gunfire, fist fights, beatings and use of grenades, occasionally resulting in bloody detail. Bad language includes ‘whore’, ‘bitch’, ‘pussy’, ‘screw’, ‘shit’, ‘bastard’, ‘ass’ and ‘crap’. There are occasional scenes involving discrimination and outdated references, such as a sequence in which a white man makes comments stereotyping people from East Asia, and another in which two men bet for ‘ownership’ of a woman. Other scenes contain visual and verbal references to drug dealing.
Classified date05/01/2026
LanguageEnglish
