The Lesson
strong language, sex
Director(s)Alice Troughton
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes106m
CastRichard E. Grant, Julie Delpy, Daryl McCormack, Stephen McMillan, Crispin Letts, Tomas Spencer, Joseph Meurer, Alice Troughton, Alex MacKeith, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Anna Patarakina, Paulo Pandolpho, Dixie Chassay, Lucy Jordan, Seth Turner
The Lesson
strong language, sex
An aspiring writer encounters fraught family tensions while working as a tutor at his literary idol’s estate. This elega ...
An aspiring writer encounters fraught family tensions while working as a tutor at his literary idol’s estate. This elegant, darkly comic drama contains a scene of sex and others involving the issue of suicide.
violence
language
sex
suicide and self-harm
theme
threat and horror
discrimination
drugs
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
violence
One person attempts to drown another, without strong detail.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘bastard’.
sex
Through a window, a man witnesses another man performing oral sex on a woman, who catches the man watching and smiles. Another scene features brief rear nudity as a naked couple lie in each other’s arms, implying off-screen sex. There are also infrequent moderate verbal references to sex.
suicide and self-harm
There is a non-graphic scene of suicide, as well as occasional verbal references to suicide. A person refers to someone who took their own life as ‘weak’, but this attitude is not endorsed by the film itself.
theme
There are mild upsetting scenes, including ones involving parents’ grief over the loss of their child.
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
08/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Studios Limited
violence
One person attempts to drown another, without strong detail.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘bastard’.
sex
Through a window, a man witnesses another man performing oral sex on a woman, who catches the man watching and smiles. Another scene features brief rear nudity as a naked couple lie in each other’s arms, implying off-screen sex. There are also infrequent moderate verbal references to sex.
suicide and self-harm
There is a non-graphic scene of suicide, as well as occasional verbal references to suicide. A person refers to someone who took their own life as ‘weak’, but this attitude is not endorsed by the film itself.
theme
There are mild upsetting scenes, including ones involving parents’ grief over the loss of their child.
Classified Date:
14/08/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
Classified date08/11/2023
LanguageEnglish
violence
language
sex
suicide and self-harm
theme
threat and horror
discrimination
drugs
Director(s)Alice Troughton
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes106m
CastRichard E. Grant, Julie Delpy, Daryl McCormack, Stephen McMillan, Crispin Letts, Tomas Spencer, Joseph Meurer, Alice Troughton, Alex MacKeith, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Anna Patarakina, Paulo Pandolpho, Dixie Chassay, Lucy Jordan, Seth Turner
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
violence
One person attempts to drown another, without strong detail.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘bastard’.
sex
Through a window, a man witnesses another man performing oral sex on a woman, who catches the man watching and smiles. Another scene features brief rear nudity as a naked couple lie in each other’s arms, implying off-screen sex. There are also infrequent moderate verbal references to sex.
suicide and self-harm
There is a non-graphic scene of suicide, as well as occasional verbal references to suicide. A person refers to someone who took their own life as ‘weak’, but this attitude is not endorsed by the film itself.
theme
There are mild upsetting scenes, including ones involving parents’ grief over the loss of their child.
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
08/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Studios Limited
violence
One person attempts to drown another, without strong detail.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘bastard’.
sex
Through a window, a man witnesses another man performing oral sex on a woman, who catches the man watching and smiles. Another scene features brief rear nudity as a naked couple lie in each other’s arms, implying off-screen sex. There are also infrequent moderate verbal references to sex.
suicide and self-harm
There is a non-graphic scene of suicide, as well as occasional verbal references to suicide. A person refers to someone who took their own life as ‘weak’, but this attitude is not endorsed by the film itself.
theme
There are mild upsetting scenes, including ones involving parents’ grief over the loss of their child.
Classified Date:
14/08/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
Classified date08/11/2023
LanguageEnglish
