Ismael's Ghosts

Only a few brief scenes with violence, but they're very shocking. One is very gory: A man's face is blown off by an exploding cell phone; blood, bone, spatters briefly shown. A man is shot in the arm and a lot of blood spattering on a wall is shown; the man survives with some permanent injury. A man shoots a gun at what seems to be a hallucination or ghost; the shots have no effect. Scary hanging dummy meant to terrorize a character.

Full-frontal female nudity seen once, briefly. A few scenes of simulated sex show legs splayed, thrusting, moaning, kissing, and caressing but no sensitive body parts. A couple kiss and caress while undressing each other and are next seen rolling around in bed under covers with the woman wearing a camisole. Nipples and vagina mentioned once.

Translated from French: "whore," "f---ing," "s--t," "son of a bitch," "dammit," "crap," "ass," "bitch," "screwing," "pr--k," and "c--t."

Ismael is almost always seen drinking wine or brown liquor. Other adults drink with meals or occasionally in bars; drunken behavior is shown, especially slurring words, poor judgment. Ismael takes what seem to be sleeping pills and liquid from a dropper with alcohol. One seemingly drug-induced montage is dark, eerie, depressing. A doctor recommends lorazepam, diazepam, or dopamine injection. Hospital staff request Valium. A forced injection of something to knock a man out. Ismael chain-smokes while he's working. Other characters occasionally smoke, usually in the background.