• Director(s)

    Gino Evans

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    25/04/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    122m

  • Cast

    Joe Gill, Becky Bowe, Darren Connolly

Film

Treading Water

disturbing scenes, domestic abuse, drug misuse, very strong language

In this drama, a man released from prison and struggling with addiction and intrusive thoughts reconnects with a troubled school friend.…

In this drama, a man released from prison and struggling with addiction and intrusive thoughts reconnects with a troubled school friend.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

disturbing images

theme

  • Director(s)

    Gino Evans

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    25/04/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    122m

  • Cast

    Joe Gill, Becky Bowe, Darren Connolly

disturbing scenes, domestic abuse, drug misuse, very strong language
Classified Date:
25/03/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Bulldog Film Distribution Ltd
violence
A man punches his pregnant girlfriend, knocks her to the ground and repeatedly kicks her in the stomach whilst her young child is close by. He also slaps the child and is threatening towards her and her mother on other occasions. A man graphically describes the violent acts that he fantasises about carrying out.
language
Very strong language ('c**t') is accompanied by frequent strong language ('f**k'). Milder terms include 'wank', 'bitch', 'dickhead', 'prick', 'whore', 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', and 'bloody'. There is use of the middle finger gesture.
sex
A man is seen having sex and receiving oral from a sex worker in various outdoor locations, which includes breast and buttocks nudity. People tell dirty jokes which include references to incest and oral sex. A man says he still gets 'hard ons' and can masturbate.
drugs
Scenes of drug misuse include sequences in which a man prepares and injects heroin, including one occasion on a bus close to where a child is playing. People take cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy and smoke cannabis. A man makes a nearly unconscious man ingest drugs.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Whilst talking to his therapist, a man discusses his urges to rape a woman. An abusive man coerces his pregnant girlfriend to engage in sex work and is accused of 'pimping' her out.
suicide and self-harm
References are made to a man considering suicide.
disturbing images
A man imagines putting a glass lightbulb in his mouth and swallowing parts of it, resulting in bloody injuries to his mouth. In other disturbing scenes, he fantasises about slamming a woman's head against a desk and repeatedly punching her in the face as well as harming himself and beating a man with a brick.
theme
A man struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder and intrusive thoughts.

  • Classified date

    25/03/2025

  • Language

    English