In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
This movie contains 64 potentially triggering events.
This was the movie scene that made me find doesthedogdie. It was absolutely horrific, wildly unnecessary, and shook me for days. Maybe the worst movie watching moment I've ever had besides rape scenes
Under duress, a man tries to shoot his wife in the head. A woman emotionally abuses her partner by pretending to die and then beating his pet to death.
Some no votes indicate that because one woman who is gaslit is psychotic and the other is gaslit into a "loving" partner, that it didn't phase them. But there definitely is gaslighting.
I was surprised there were multiple "yes" votes to this. I assume it's because there are tranquilizers shot at people. You do not see anyone administer drugs to themselves.
Yes, in the opening scene. Don't make the same mistake I did and think the rest of the movie gets better or in any way makes up for it. Trust me, it just goes downhill from there.
Yes, the dog of the main character (who is also the brother of the main character). Is is a cruel death involving torture and the dead body is shown for multiple seconds). Probably the most disturbing scene of the movie.
Brief moment where two unenthusiastic employees simulate rape in an on-stage presentation (they're fully clothed but male drops his trousers). It's unsettling that the film plays this for comedy.
Part of a montage that intercuts scenes depicting a forced sexual situation (woman gyrates on the main character after he asks her not to) and a character's hand being burned in a toaster as punishment.
Yes and no. In this world, many of the animals used to be people, and people still eat meat. So there isn't any graphic depiction of cannabalism, but there is meat-eating where the meat is likely people.
People are threatened with something called “the red intercourse”. A similar punishment, “the red kiss” involves two people having their lips mutilated and being forced to kiss each other
We see bandaged mouths with a fairly gruesome story as to what happened. Also a woman's face is shown being punched and while we don't see her teeth take any damage, we see her mouth and teeth are bloody.
Several instances. Man's hand is placed in live toaster. Man is held at gunpoint while wife is gagged in a chair. Another woman is punched repeatedly in slow motion. Lots of off-screen torture described. Bottom line, be prepared for it.
depends on perspective as all disabled characters in the film are not born disabled - one character has a limp from being attacked by wolves, the actor does not actually have a limp. one character is blinded, the actress is not herself blind
"Yes" voters probably mean the 'cold/cruel' woman. She is not described to have a mental illness but as simply being "cruel". She shows no empathy to other people's pain and seems to have no emotions in general.
Personally I would answer this question with 'no', but I can see why others would say 'yes'.
One of the characters in the hotel bangs his face against things to make his nose bleed. The main character discusses blinding himself but it is not shown.
The setting is an alternate world/dystopian society very much like our own but there are some surreal elements. Mostly, the dialogue is unnaturally blunt and the characters behave in various unsettling ways. It’s fairly jarring.
SPOILER: In the sense that the happiest ending possible is that the lead stabs himself in both eyes with a steak knife so he can be with the woman he loves in a very sick world, I consider it to be a solidly sad ending.