• Director(s)

    Dermot Malone

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    11/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    94m

  • Cast

    Peter Coonan, Olivia Caffrey, Áine Cooney

Film

King Frankie

bloody images, very strong language

Past traumatic events come back to haunt a Dublin taxi driver grieving the loss of his father in this gritty Irish drama, which explores complex themes of mental health, loss and guilt in a raw, yet sensitive, manner.…

Past traumatic events come back to haunt a Dublin taxi driver grieving the loss of his father in this gritty Irish drama, which explores complex themes of mental health, loss and guilt in a raw, yet sensitive, manner.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

injury detail

  • Director(s)

    Dermot Malone

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    11/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    94m

  • Cast

    Peter Coonan, Olivia Caffrey, Áine Cooney

bloody images, very strong language
Classified Date:
09/10/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Wildcard Distribution Limited
violence
There are minor scuffles during heated arguments.
threat and horror
A sustained sequence depicts a person threatening others with a gun in a domestic setting.
language
Very strong language ('c**t') is used infrequently, alongside more frequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('wanker', 'prick', 'bollocks', 'shit', 'arsehole', 'tosser', 'piss', 'Jesus', 'God').
sex
There are comic references to 'firing blanks', as well as to adultery.
drugs
A young man briefly smokes what is likely to be a joint.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man briefly harasses a waitress during a birthday party.
suicide and self-harm
A person takes their own life; this occurs off-screen and comes with bloody detail in the aftermath which is repeated in flashback. Verbal references are also made to suicidal ideation and mental health.
injury detail
Bloody images occur in the aftermath of a suicide. A man imagines blood on his hands when recollecting a traumatic event.
theme
There are scenes of family mourning.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

  • Classified date

    09/10/2024

  • Language

    English