• Director(s)

    Rebecca Zlotowski

  • Production Year

    2018

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

  • Cast

    Marina Foïs, Roschdy Zem, Amira Casar

TV Show

Les Sauvages

LES SAUVAGES is a French drama series; in this episode, the prospect of a man becoming the first from an immigrant background to be elected to the Presidency sets off a chain of dangerous events.…

LES SAUVAGES is a French drama series; in this episode, the prospect of a man becoming the first from an immigrant background to be elected to the Presidency sets off a chain of dangerous events.

  • Director(s)

    Rebecca Zlotowski

  • Production Year

    2018

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

  • Cast

    Marina Foïs, Roschdy Zem, Amira Casar

infrequent strong language, moderate violence, sex references, racism
Classified Date:
10/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot in undetailed fashion, with sight of a bloodstain on his shirt as he collapses.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'crap', 'ass' and 'damn'. There are also rude middle finger gestures.
sex
A couple in a relationship banter with each other in an intimate moment and the man puts his hand on the woman's breast and crotch over her clothing.
discrimination
In a political debate, a white candidate suggests that immigrants with French citizenship cannot call themselves French; his opponent, a man from an immigrant background, challenges his views. In another scene, a white man complains about immigrants coming to positions of political power and celebrity in French society. There is also intra-cultural discrimination as a political candidate is vilified for his perceived abandoning of the Muslim faith. The work as a whole does not endorse discrimination.
strong language
Classified Date:
10/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'piss'.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A man is shot in the stomach, resulting in brief bloody detail. There are scenes of emotional upset as people struggle to cope with the President's medical condition. Scenes of threat in which police raid flats also feature.
strong language
Classified Date:
10/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'whore', 'cock', 'shit', 'son of a bitch', 'hell' and 'damn'. There are also rude middle finger gestures.
additional issues
There is moderate violence in threat in scenes of rioting, which include Molotov Cocktails being thrown and police discharging weapons. Moderate sex references include breast nudity in a glamour image on a wall and a woman putting down a man by telling him to "smoke your cock". A man makes a slighting comment to a gay woman that she is a "lesbian in tight jeans"; the work as a whole does not endorse discrimination. There are references to abortion.
strong language, violence, racist behaviour
Classified Date:
10/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is punched repeatedly in the face which leaves it bloodied. There is also a brief and undetailed flashback to a man being shot.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'ass', 'shit' and 'hell'. There are also rude middle finger gestures.
discrimination
A man approaches an Arab man and woman in an aggressive manner, cursing their racial origins and spitting in the woman's face. Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
additional issues
There is sight of breast nudity in a glamour image pinned to a wall. There is brief sight of burn injuries to the head and face of a man caught up in a fire at a prison. There are references to cancer.
strong language, bloody images, sex references
Classified Date:
10/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'shit', 'ass', 'hell', 'screw', 'god' and 'damn'. There is also use of the middle finger gesture.
sex
There are repeated references to anal sex in a crude football chant.
injury detail
People are seen with cuts, and a man has a burn wound to his head. His body is later discovered in a pool of blood with the implication that he has been murdered.
additional issues
There are scenes of threat and moderate violence, as well as a sequence of racist behaviour in which a small group of people hold up a banner reading "Die Arab" at a football game, but the rest of the crowd and players act in defiance of their behaviour.
strong language, racist language, bloody images, suicide, sex
Classified Date:
10/03/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'son of a bitch', 'shit', 'damn' and 'God'.
sex
There is a brief scene of sex which features close-up shots of a nude breast being fondled.
discrimination
An Arabic man recites several racist terms that people use to discriminate against those of his ethnicity.
suicide and self-harm
A person falls to their death.
injury detail
In the aftermath of a suicide, a dead body lies in a pool of blood. A man is seen with a heavily beaten face and, in another scene, a person suffers a stab wound.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat when a man is held hostage and has a bomb strapped to his body. Violence includes a scene in which a man's head is repeatedly slammed on a car windshield.
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  • Classified date

    10/03/2022

  • Distributor

    Studio Canal

  • Language

    French