• Director(s)

    Sudipto Sen

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    12/05/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    136m

Film

The Kerala Story

sexual violence

A suspected terrorist is groomed, recruited and subjected to violence and abuse by Islamist militants in this harrowing Malayalam drama. Sexual violence is portrayed unflinchingly, alongside other complex themes.…

A suspected terrorist is groomed, recruited and subjected to violence and abuse by Islamist militants in this harrowing Malayalam drama. Sexual violence is portrayed unflinchingly, alongside other complex themes.

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violence

threat and horror

language

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide

injury detail

  • Director(s)

    Sudipto Sen

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    12/05/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    136m

sexual violence
Classified Date:
17/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
RFT FILMS
violence
Scenes of strong violence include bloody shootings and stabbings. Women and men are executed and beaten by Islamic State soldiers, sometimes in public. Two women are shot and killed as they try to escape capture.
threat and horror
A consistent level of threat is maintained throughout, as women are isolated from their families and live in fear of Islamic State militants. Some women are held captive and transported to camps where they are subject to sexual violence.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), including a partial use of 'motherf**ker'. This is also accompanied by milder terms ('bloody', 'shit', 'hell' and 'God').
discrimination
The film presents a partial and unbalanced view of Islam which focuses on radical Islamist characters and motivations to the exclusion of more moderate and mainstream forms of the faith. There are regular scenes of discrimination on the basis of religion and gender. A woman spits on her dying father for not sharing her faith.
drugs
Amphetamine pills are cut and combined with marijuana before being smoked in a joint. Amphetamines are misused in other scenes to fuel militant fighters and equip them for battle, as well as to sedate women while they are being groomed.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes in which women are gang raped, including one woman who is unconscious after she has been drugged by her boyfriend. In another scene, a pregnant woman is raped by her husband. There are several scenes in which young women are seduced and sexually coerced by other men and women who are trying to recruit them to the Islamic State. Other forms of sexual coercion and harassment include a group of young women being attacked, and having their clothes ripped off, in public, as well as a woman who is blackmailed by her boyfriend using sexually explicit images.
suicide
A woman is found to have taken her own life after she is blackmailed by her boyfriend.
injury detail
Scenes include significant bloodshed, during and in the aftermath of violence. This includes a sequence in which two bodies are discovered in the desert, limbs severed and partially buried. A goat is slaughtered as part of a religious ritual, with some brief focus on the bloody carcass.
sexual violence
Classified Date:
16/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
24 SEVEN FLIX4U LIMITED
violence
Scenes of strong violence include bloody shootings and stabbings. Women and men are executed and beaten by Islamic State soldiers, sometimes in public. Two women are shot and killed as they try to escape capture.
threat and horror
A consistent level of threat is maintained throughout, as women are isolated from their families and live in fear of Islamic State militants. Some women are held captive and transported to camps where they are subject to sexual violence.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), including a partial use of 'motherf**ker'. This is also accompanied by milder terms ('bloody', 'shit', 'hell' and 'God').
discrimination
The film presents a partial and unbalanced view of Islam which focuses on radical Islamist characters and motivations to the exclusion of more moderate and mainstream forms of the faith. There are regular scenes of discrimination on the basis of religion and gender. A woman spits on her dying father for not sharing her faith.
drugs
Amphetamine pills are cut and combined with marijuana before being smoked in a joint. Amphetamines are misused in other scenes to fuel militant fighters and equip them for battle, as well as to sedate women while they are being groomed.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes in which women are gang raped, including one woman who is unconscious after she has been drugged by her boyfriend. In another scene, a pregnant woman is raped by her husband. There are several scenes in which young women are seduced and sexually coerced by other men and women who are trying to recruit them to the Islamic State. Other forms of sexual coercion and harassment include a group of young women being attacked, and having their clothes ripped off, in public, as well as a woman who is blackmailed by her boyfriend using sexually explicit images.
suicide
A woman is found to have taken her own life after she is blackmailed by her boyfriend.
injury detail
Scenes include significant bloodshed, during and in the aftermath of violence. This includes a sequence in which two bodies are discovered in the desert, limbs severed and partially buried. A goat is slaughtered as part of a religious ritual, with some brief focus on the bloody carcass.
sexual violence
Classified Date:
16/05/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
24 SEVEN FLIX4U LIMITED
violence
Scenes of strong violence include bloody shootings and stabbings. Women and men are executed and beaten by Islamic State soldiers, sometimes in public. Two women are shot and killed as they try to escape capture.
threat and horror
A consistent level of threat is maintained throughout, as women are isolated from their families and live in fear of Islamic State militants. Some women are held captive and transported to camps where they are subject to sexual violence.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), including a partial use of 'motherf**ker'. This is also accompanied by milder terms ('bloody', 'shit', 'hell' and 'God').
discrimination
The film presents a partial and unbalanced view of Islam which focuses on radical Islamist characters and motivations to the exclusion of more moderate and mainstream forms of the faith. There are regular scenes of discrimination on the basis of religion and gender. A woman spits on her dying father for not sharing her faith.
drugs
Amphetamine pills are cut and combined with marijuana before being smoked in a joint. Amphetamines are misused in other scenes to fuel militant fighters and equip them for battle, as well as to sedate women while they are being groomed.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes in which women are gang raped, including one woman who is unconscious after she has been drugged by her boyfriend. In another scene, a pregnant woman is raped by her husband. There are several scenes in which young women are seduced and sexually coerced by other men and women who are trying to recruit them to the Islamic State. Other forms of sexual coercion and harassment include a group of young women being attacked, and having their clothes ripped off, in public, as well as a woman who is blackmailed by her boyfriend using sexually explicit images.
suicide
A woman is found to have taken her own life after she is blackmailed by her boyfriend.
injury detail
Scenes include significant bloodshed, during and in the aftermath of violence. This includes a sequence in which two bodies are discovered in the desert, limbs severed and partially buried. A goat is slaughtered as part of a religious ritual, with some brief focus on the bloody carcass.

  • Classified date

    17/05/2023

  • Language

    Tamil