• Director(s)

    Ola Ince

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    30/09/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Performance

  • Approx. running minutes

    181m

Film

Shakespeare's Globe presents Othello

moderate violence, domestic abuse, discrimination, threat, strong language

Shakespeare’s tragedy of jealousy, deception and prejudice plays out in present-day New Scotland Yard in this recording of a live stage performance. Themes of racism and domestic abuse are highlighted in the modern setting.…

Shakespeare’s tragedy of jealousy, deception and prejudice plays out in present-day New Scotland Yard in this recording of a live stage performance. Themes of racism and domestic abuse are highlighted in the modern setting.

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violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

injury detail

suicide and self-harm

  • Director(s)

    Ola Ince

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    30/09/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Performance

  • Approx. running minutes

    181m

moderate violence, domestic abuse, discrimination, threat, strong language
Classified Date:
18/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Source Entertainment Ltd
violence
A man chokes his wife unconscious before breaking her neck during an upsetting scene of domestic violence. Another person is attacked with a bladed weapon, resulting in brief bloody aftermath detail. Further moderate violence includes undetailed gunfire, punches, headbutts and use of tasers.
threat and horror
Moderate scenes include gun threat, and aggressive and threatening behaviour.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘bitch’, ‘whore’, ‘strumpet’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’.
sex
There are mild sex references and innuendo, including references to adultery. During an advert for the venue, a person makes a suggestive gesture using a banana.
discrimination
There are scenes of racism and misogyny, including use of discriminatory terms such as ‘black beast’, ‘lusty moor’, ‘barbarian’, ‘dumb bitch’, ‘dumb whore’ and ‘strumpet’ A white man rants angrily that his daughter would never fall in love with a Black man without being forced by drugs or witchcraft. Another white man briefly puts on a 'Nigerian’ accent. Discrimination is condemned by the work as a whole.
drugs
There are infrequent verbal references to drug dealing.
injury detail
Blood is seen on a person’s face and shirt following a brawl, and on another person's mouth in the aftermath of a stabbing.
suicide and self-harm
It is very briefly implied that a person means to take their own life, but they are prevented from doing so. Other scenes contain brief verbal references to suicide.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a passing undetailed reference to sexual violence.
Classified Date:
21/08/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Source Entertainment Ltd

  • Classified date

    18/09/2024

  • Language

    English