Adu

Some blood and gore from an elephant carcass being sawn and hacked for parts, a man stuck in barbed wire, a long fall ending with blood pooling around the head, and a couple of bloody noses and mouths. Scariness and distress from a brutal beating, poachers shooting at an elephant, gunshots, animal and human cries of fear and pain, grainy night-vision footage, a frozen body, a fall from an airplane, violent separation from loved ones, an implied police beating, and an adult attempting sexual assault on a child. The child's shirt is lifted, chest rubbed, he tries to escape, and is rescued before anything else happens. An adult punches a teen and slaps a child. Murder is implied with the sound of a gunshot and a flash of light. A past sexual assault is remembered and described vaguely.

It's implied that a teen has sex for money, but nothing explicit is shown. A nightclub scene briefly shows three people kissing and making out.

In translation mostly from Spanish and French, "f--k," "s--t," "Jesus Christ," "damn," "bitch," and the middle-finger gesture.

A teen or young adult admits to smoking marijuana, taking MDMA, and doing a couple of lines of cocaine. A cake of what could be hash or heroin is discovered in her luggage. She smokes what she says is tobacco and blows the smoke at her father so that he can smell whether it's marijuana or not. Many minor and background characters smoke. Main characters smoke occasionally. Adults drink beer, wine, and occasionally hard alcohol on social occasions. A scene in a nightclub shows drinking to excess in passing.

Parents need to know that Adu is a drama in Spanish and French with English subtitles, centered on a 6-year-old boy's journey from Cameroon to Spain after he's separated from his mother. Violence shows some blood and gore. An elephant carcass is shown being sawn and hacked for parts. There's an attempted sexual assault of a child. A fall ends with blood pooling around the head. A man's bloody abdomen is shown while he's stuck in barbed wire. There's a brutal beating and several fights that show bloody noses and mouths. Lots of scariness from characters in danger, grainy night-vision footage, a frozen body, gunshots with cries of fear and pain, and traumatic separations from loved ones. One character admits to using marijuana, MDMA, and cocaine. A brown cake of something illegal is found in her luggage. Background and minor characters smoke; main characters smoke occasionally. Strong language is translated and includes "f--k" and "s--t." Three people kiss and make out together in a nightclub. Adults drink alcohol mainly on social occasions; one scene briefly shows excess drinking. Not everything has a safe resolution. It's a good opening to talk about big-picture problems like refugees, immigration, and conservation. It's also an opportunity to talk about how we care for one another and how we can help each other, both within our own families and as a society.

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