• Director(s)

    Claire Dix

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    95m

  • Cast

    Barry Ward, Liam Carney, Maureen Beattie

Film

Sunlight

assisted death theme, drug misuse, very strong language

A recovering drug addict struggles to accept his seriously ill mentor's desire to die in this moving Irish drama which addresses the complex and upsetting issues of terminal illness and assisted dying in a darkly comic way. …

A recovering drug addict struggles to accept his seriously ill mentor's desire to die in this moving Irish drama which addresses the complex and upsetting issues of terminal illness and assisted dying in a darkly comic way.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

threat and horror

language

sex

drugs

suicide and self-harm

theme

violence

discrimination

  • Director(s)

    Claire Dix

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    95m

  • Cast

    Barry Ward, Liam Carney, Maureen Beattie

assisted death theme, drug misuse, very strong language
Classified Date:
29/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Wildcard Distribution Limited
threat and horror
A drug dealer is pushed up against a wall and threatened with violence if he doesn't agree to give a man heroin.
language
Use of very strong ('c**t') and strong ('f**k') language is accompanied by moderate and milder terms such as 'pussy', 'prick', 'bollocks', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'piss', 'shit', 'arse', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
sex
A man briefly kisses a woman and fondles her breast.
drugs
Characters prepare to inject heroin and a man is briefly seen smoking a joint. Verbal references are made to drug misuse, drug addiction and recovery.
suicide and self-harm
The theme of the film is assisted dying and as well as frequent verbal references to suicide, there are scenes in which a man is seen attempting to take his own life using a bagged euthanasia device.
theme
The upsetting impact of a man's terminal illness is depicted throughout including sight of him choking, passing out and struggling to carry out everyday tasks. A character becomes increasingly distressed and angry at a man's desire to be assisted to die. A dying man apologises to his ex-wife for his past behaviour and describes how he became angry after they lost their baby.
assisted death theme, drug misuse, very strong language
Classified Date:
27/09/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Wildcard Distribution Limited
threat and horror
A drug dealer is pushed up against a wall and threatened with violence if he doesn't agree to give a man heroin.
language
Use of very strong ('c**t') and strong ('f**k') language is accompanied by moderate and milder terms such as 'pussy', 'prick', 'bollocks', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'piss', 'shit', 'arse', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
sex
A man briefly kisses a woman and fondles her breast.
drugs
Characters prepare to inject heroin and a man is briefly seen smoking a joint. Verbal references are made to drug misuse, drug addiction and recovery.
suicide and self-harm
The theme of the film is assisted dying and as well as frequent verbal references to suicide, there are scenes in which a man is seen attempting to take his own life using a bagged euthanasia device.
theme
The upsetting impact of a man's terminal illness is depicted throughout including sight of him choking, passing out and struggling to carry out everyday tasks. A character becomes increasingly distressed and angry at a man's desire to be assisted to die. A dying man apologises to his ex-wife for his past behaviour and describes how he became angry after they lost their baby.

  • Classified date

    27/09/2023

  • Language

    English