• Director(s)

    Horace Ové

  • Production Year

    1975

  • Release date

    17/11/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    126m

  • Cast

    Herbert Norville, Oscar James, Frank Singuineau

Film

Pressure

strong language, bloody images

A British son of Trinidadian parents is denied the opportunity to work in this 1976 drama which explores the inequality and racism endured by second generation immigrants in London.…

A British son of Trinidadian parents is denied the opportunity to work in this 1976 drama which explores the inequality and racism endured by second generation immigrants in London.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

injury detail

threat and horror

sexual violence and sexual threat

  • Director(s)

    Horace Ové

  • Production Year

    1975

  • Release date

    17/11/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    126m

  • Cast

    Herbert Norville, Oscar James, Frank Singuineau

strong language, bloody images
Classified Date:
22/08/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
There are also intense scenes in which white police beat up black demonstrators with racist intent, but there is no strong visual detail.
language
The film features strong language ('motherf**ker' and 'f**k') and uses of 'pussyclaat', 'shit', 'bloody', 'arse', 'crap', 'Jesus Christ' and 'God'.  
sex
Mild sex references include a man sleeping next to a woman in bed, with no sight of nudity.
discrimination
There are scenes of racism, including a white landlady refusing to let a young black man in her home and a white employer adopting microaggressions as he interviews a black man before turning him down without a reason. A news report refers to 'coloured youths' and blames black people for police brutality which occurs after a raid on a peaceful demonstration.
drugs
 Men are shown smoking cannabis joints.
injury detail
A man stabs a pig during a dream sequence which includes an emphasis on bloody detail. There is brief sight of a dead body in a hospital mortuary. 
Classified Date:
22/11/1976
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Crawford Films Ltd
Contains strong language and drug use
Classified Date:
23/08/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
Classified Date:
20/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films

  • Classified date

    22/08/2023

  • Language

    English