• Director(s)

    Malcolm Washington

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    08/11/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    127m

  • Cast

    Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler

Film

The Piano Lesson

moderate threat, violence, racism

A pair of siblings argue over whether to sell or keep their treasured family heirloom in this slow-burn US period drama, adapted from August Wilson's 1987 play. It features supernatural jump scares and racist language.…

A pair of siblings argue over whether to sell or keep their treasured family heirloom in this slow-burn US period drama, adapted from August Wilson's 1987 play. It features supernatural jump scares and racist language.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

alcohol and smoking

drugs

injury detail

  • Director(s)

    Malcolm Washington

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    08/11/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    127m

  • Cast

    Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler

moderate threat, violence, racism
Classified Date:
03/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Netflix International B.V.
violence
Scenes include an attempted strangulation.
threat and horror
During a flashback sequence, a group of men set a cabin on fire and point rifles at it to draw a person out. Infrequent scenes of supernatural threat occur, including frightened characters screaming upon seeing the ghost of a man who drowned.
language
Mild bad language ('ass') is accompanied by even milder terms such as 'hell' and 'damn'.
sex
There is infrequent mild innuendo.
discrimination
There is use of racist and reclaimed discriminatory terms ('n****r', 'n***a', 'coloured'), which are reflective of the historical period in which the film is set. Verbal and visual references are made to racism, including a flashback sequence which depicts the trade of enslaved people on a plantation.
alcohol and smoking
A man is shown engaging in drunken behaviour, however, this is clearly disapproved of.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
02/10/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Altitude Film Distribution

  • Classified date

    03/09/2024

  • Language

    English