Parents' Guide to 7 Prisoners

Parents need to know that the Brazilian film 7 Prisoners (7 Prisioneiros) is a drama about human trafficking that has violence and language. Four men from the rural countryside sign up for work in the city with the promise of pulling their families out of poverty, only to find themselves essentially enslaved and put to hard labor in a junkyard by a pair of violent men. Some of the men turn violent themselves, and other scenes show how men and women are bought and sold across the city for hard labor. The film reflects how poverty, hardship, and hopelessness can all push people into dire situations and questionable behavior. People are punched, stabbed, burnt, hit over the head, threatened at gunpoint, and nearly strangled (one with a plastic bag over the head). Their families back home are threatened with violence as well. People smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol, once ending in a man passing out. Language in the English subtitles includes "f--k," "mother--ker," "s--t," "s--thole," "chickens--t," "ass," "a--hole," "badass," "goddamn," "damn," "hell," "son of a bitch," "bastard," "coward," "idiot," "scumbag," "hick," "banging," "sleeping around," and "sucking off." Characters are racially diverse and some secondary characters come from other countries in Latin America.

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