• Director(s)

    Mark Pluck

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Romance

  • Cast

    Christopher Sherwood, Daniel Lane

TV Show

Boys On Film 22: Love To Love You

BOYS ON FILM is a drama series; in this episode, two men conduct a clandestine romance over a number of meetings.…

BOYS ON FILM is a drama series; in this episode, two men conduct a clandestine romance over a number of meetings.

  • Director(s)

    Mark Pluck

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Romance

  • Cast

    Christopher Sherwood, Daniel Lane

mild sex references, death reference
Classified Date:
29/03/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A man refers to his first 'sensual experience', which relates to an older man taking him for a ride on his motorbike.
theme
A man refers to another man's death from AIDS.
additional issues
There is also very mild bad language ('God'), brief undetailed implied child nudity, and brief scenes in which adults smoke cigarettes.
strong language
Classified Date:
29/03/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms ('God').
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, including a man's assertion about his friend's large number of sexual partners.
strong sex
Classified Date:
29/03/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are scenes of strong sex, with sight of buttock and penis nudity, and implied oral sex. There are references to BDSM during one such scene.
additional issues
Men inhale amyl nitrate and smoke joints. There is infrequent strong language ('f**k').
strong sex references, language, suicide
Classified Date:
29/03/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k').
sex
There are strong sex references, including the sight of a dildo, which a man puts a condom on, before it is implied he uses it on another man.
suicide and self-harm
A man is seen taking a pill which subsequently ends his life.
additional issues
A man is seen smoking a marijuana joint, and considering which of a host of cannabis products to take, including gummies and weed cookies.
strong language, violence, self-harm references
Classified Date:
29/03/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are repeated heavy targeted blows to the head in a cage fight, and also during a training sequence. However, there is limited detail.
language
There is strong language ('f**k').
suicide and self-harm
It is implied that a young man self-harms by cutting himself, and there is also brief sight of healed scars on his body.
additional issues
There is brief sight of marijuana smoking; however, drug misuse is not condoned by the work as a whole. A young man contemplates taking his own life by jumping from a bridge; however, he does not do so. There are brief discriminatory references to homosexuality; however, homophobia and discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole. There is also brief female breast nudity and male buttock nudity.
moderate sex, discrimination
Classified Date:
29/03/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is a sex scene in which a young man kisses down another young man's chest and torso; however, there is no strong detail.
discrimination
A rabbi tells a teenage boy that homsexuality is unacceptable; however, discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole.
additional issues
A teenage boy is conflicted about his sense of identity and control; however, his father responds with understanding and compassion.
mild bad language, upsetting scenes, references to mental health
Classified Date:
29/03/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Mild bad language (‘shit’) is used.
theme
There are references to a flood which caused the death of a number of people, and the release of animals from a zoo; footage shows the animals roaming civilian neighbourhoods whilst it is explained the animals had to be tranquilised or killed. Characters reference the state of their mental health, including one character saying that an ache in his belly causes him to cry.
additional issues
There is brief sight of blood at the corner of a man’s mouth.
infrequent strong language, moderate sex references
Classified Date:
29/03/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') as well as use of milder terms ('shit', 'God').
sex
There are moderate sex references, including comic allusions to dogging, and innuendo based on the names of different plants. There are also references to adultery.
additional issues
A man is seen smoking cigarettes.
strong language, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
29/03/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man and his wife argue violently. A drunken father roughly handles his young teenage son. A teenage boy is clearly upset by the domestic abuse within his house.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'shit', 'bloody', 'God').
additional issues
There is discriminatory language ('fag', 'coloured'); however, discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole. There is brief mild sex. There are also scenes of smoking, alcohol consumption and adult drunkenness.
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  • Classified date

    29/03/2023

  • Distributor

    Peccadillo Pictures

  • Language

    English