• Director(s)

    Giuseppe Fiorello

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    134m

  • Cast

    Gabriele Pizzurro, Samuele Segreto, Simona Malato

Film

Fireworks

strong language, discrimination

FIREWORKS is an Italian drama in which a two young men explore a growing attraction despite small town prejudice in 1982 Sicily.

FIREWORKS is an Italian drama in which a two young men explore a growing attraction despite small town prejudice in 1982 Sicily.

language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as the use of milder terms including ‘son of a bitch’, ‘ass’, ‘shit’, ‘balls’, ‘crap’, ‘God’ and ‘damn’.
discrimination
A person is attacked and beaten up in public when people learn of his sexuality, and there is the use of homophobic terms including ‘faggot’ and ‘fairy’. Such discrimination is contextualised as historical and is clearly challenged by the film as a whole.
Two men slap and punch a third, then kick him repeatedly when he falls to the ground. A teen is repeatedly slapped by his father in anger. A man backs another into a corner, grabbing his head and trying to work him into a sexual act, though the victim escapes quickly and the sense of sexual threat is brief. There are moderate sex references, including when a man is propositioned by a sex worker, and when a person references fellatio. Bullies chase a person on a moped, jeering and goading their victim to crash his vehicle. A man collapses from an asthma attack, but recovers. A bruise is seen on a person's back following violence. A passing reference is made to suicide, without realistic detail. People smoke cigarettes throughout.
  • Director(s)

    Giuseppe Fiorello

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    134m

  • Cast

    Gabriele Pizzurro, Samuele Segreto, Simona Malato

strong language, discrimination
Classified Date:
26/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Matchbox Films Ltd
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as the use of milder terms including ‘son of a bitch’, ‘ass’, ‘shit’, ‘balls’, ‘crap’, ‘God’ and ‘damn’.
discrimination
A person is attacked and beaten up in public when people learn of his sexuality, and there is the use of homophobic terms including ‘faggot’ and ‘fairy’. Such discrimination is contextualised as historical and is clearly challenged by the film as a whole.
Two men slap and punch a third, then kick him repeatedly when he falls to the ground. A teen is repeatedly slapped by his father in anger. A man backs another into a corner, grabbing his head and trying to work him into a sexual act, though the victim escapes quickly and the sense of sexual threat is brief. There are moderate sex references, including when a man is propositioned by a sex worker, and when a person references fellatio. Bullies chase a person on a moped, jeering and goading their victim to crash his vehicle. A man collapses from an asthma attack, but recovers. A bruise is seen on a person's back following violence. A passing reference is made to suicide, without realistic detail. People smoke cigarettes throughout.
  • Classified date

    26/06/2024

  • Language

    Italian