The Grand Duke of Corsica

Parents need to know that The Grand Duke of Corsica is a comedy drama with strong language, scenes of a sexual nature, and themes involving disease and death. The central character, Alfred Rott (Timothy Spall), is a reprehensible and vulgar architect, tasked with building a mausoleum for a dying billionaire during an epidemic. Rott makes no apology for his personality, which often includes xenophobic behavior, even taking pleasure from his actions. The notion of death lingers over the film with one character terminally ill. Other characters are seen suffering from malaria and, in scenes set thousands of years earlier, a woman is shown to be living with leprosy. There are graphic vomiting scenes, and a character is seen stepping in excrement. There are several sex scenes, and while they are graphic in the way they are presented, there is no nudity. The language is incredibly strong and frequent, with multiple uses of "f--k" and one use of "c--t." There is also strong sexual language, with graphic descriptions of oral sex. There is not much by way of diversity, with the cast generally being male and White. The few women characters are not given much to do, nor impact the story being told. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.