The Whistleblower
sexual violence
Director(s)Larysa Kondracki
Production year2010
Genre(s)Thriller, Drama
Approx. running minutes112m
CastRachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Roxana Condurache, Paula Schramm, Alexandru Potocean, William Hope, Rayisa Kondracki, Larysa Kondracki, Larysa Kondracki, Eilis Kirwan, Christina Piovesan, Celine Rattray, Mychael Danna, Kieran McGuigan, Julian Clarke, Sara Kay, Jenny Lewis, Caroline Foellmer
The Whistleblower
sexual violence
THE WHISTLEBLOWER is a biographical drama, from 2010, in which a US police officer begins a new role working with the Un ...
THE WHISTLEBLOWER is a biographical drama, from 2010, in which a US police officer begins a new role working with the United Nations in Bosnia, where she finds evidence of a sex trafficking operation.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'whore', 'piss', 'shit' and 'bugger'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
The film is based on the story of Kathryn Bolkovac, who exposed a sex trafficking operation that was being covered up by authorities, while she was working in post-war Bosnia. Scenes depict her discovery of photographs and video depicting trafficked women forcibly engaged in sex acts, and in some cases being sexually abused and humiliated. There are also harrowing scenes in which women are abused and sexually assaulted, including with foriegn objects.
additional issues
There is a scene of strong violence in which a woman is shot in the head. There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'whore', 'piss', 'shit' and 'bugger'. Other violence includes punches and kicks, and there are verbal references to domestic abuse.There is moderate sex and sex references, as well as discrimination - for instance, a police officer is challenged when he suggests that a woman deserved to be stabbed because she is a Muslim.
sexual violence
Classified Date:
13/09/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'whore', 'piss', 'shit' and 'bugger'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
The film is based on the story of Kathryn Bolkovac, who exposed a sex trafficking operation that was being covered up by authorities, while she was working in post-war Bosnia. Scenes depict her discovery of photographs and video depicting trafficked women forcibly engaged in sex acts, and in some cases being sexually abused and humiliated. There are also harrowing scenes in which women are abused and sexually assaulted, including with foriegn objects.
Contains strong language and sexual threat
Classified Date:
04/05/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
High Fliers Films Ltd.
violence
There are scenes of sexual violence, in which it is implied a woman is forcibly penetrated with a metal bar, sustaining bloody injuries.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker').
nudity
There are some sexualised images including photographs of naked women apparently engaged in sex acts.
Classified Date:
04/05/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
High Fliers Films Ltd.
Classified date13/38/2021
LanguageEnglish
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'whore', 'piss', 'shit' and 'bugger'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
The film is based on the story of Kathryn Bolkovac, who exposed a sex trafficking operation that was being covered up by authorities, while she was working in post-war Bosnia. Scenes depict her discovery of photographs and video depicting trafficked women forcibly engaged in sex acts, and in some cases being sexually abused and humiliated. There are also harrowing scenes in which women are abused and sexually assaulted, including with foriegn objects.
additional issues
There is a scene of strong violence in which a woman is shot in the head. There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'whore', 'piss', 'shit' and 'bugger'. Other violence includes punches and kicks, and there are verbal references to domestic abuse.There is moderate sex and sex references, as well as discrimination - for instance, a police officer is challenged when he suggests that a woman deserved to be stabbed because she is a Muslim.
Director(s)Larysa Kondracki
Production year2010
Genre(s)Thriller, Drama
Approx. running minutes112m
CastRachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Roxana Condurache, Paula Schramm, Alexandru Potocean, William Hope, Rayisa Kondracki, Larysa Kondracki, Larysa Kondracki, Eilis Kirwan, Christina Piovesan, Celine Rattray, Mychael Danna, Kieran McGuigan, Julian Clarke, Sara Kay, Jenny Lewis, Caroline Foellmer
sexual violence
Classified Date:
13/09/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms including 'bitch', 'whore', 'piss', 'shit' and 'bugger'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
The film is based on the story of Kathryn Bolkovac, who exposed a sex trafficking operation that was being covered up by authorities, while she was working in post-war Bosnia. Scenes depict her discovery of photographs and video depicting trafficked women forcibly engaged in sex acts, and in some cases being sexually abused and humiliated. There are also harrowing scenes in which women are abused and sexually assaulted, including with foriegn objects.
Contains strong language and sexual threat
Classified Date:
04/05/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
High Fliers Films Ltd.
violence
There are scenes of sexual violence, in which it is implied a woman is forcibly penetrated with a metal bar, sustaining bloody injuries.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker').
nudity
There are some sexualised images including photographs of naked women apparently engaged in sex acts.
Classified Date:
04/05/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
High Fliers Films Ltd.
Classified date13/38/2021
LanguageEnglish
