Jan 01,1968
nudity | A woman kisses a woman. It is unwanted, but not forced. Tension about this relationship continues as part of the plot. A woman fantasizes about kissing a married man while he invites her over for dinner. Later she and another woman refer to him as, "The Groper." Sex scene involving a man and a woman. She appears rigid as well as uncomfortable, nervous, etc. No nudity. Allusions to a woman's conflicted thoughts about masturbation before bed, using a douche after sex for birth control. A man and woman are seen in bed, talking after sex. They are covered by sheets. |
profanity | A woman shames her 35-year-old daughter for having a sex life; verbal abuse briefly follows. |
alcohol | Frequent drinking and smoking by adult characters. Drunk characters in conversation. A woman who believes she may be pregnant is shown drinking. |
frightening | An intense church meeting leaves a woman overwhelmed and visibly shaken. A mortician handles the bodies of deceased children (polio) in a medical manner. Images of the deceased (child and adult) in coffins, themes of mortality and death. At one point, a child hides from her father inside a wicker coffin. A woman struggles with apparent social anxiety, hypochondria, and isolation. At times she has disturbing daydreams where she fantasizes about things like jumping out of a window. Her narrated inner thoughts are frequently conflicted or self loathing. A woman believes she is pregnant and grapples with whether to have an abortion. A woman struggles with whether she will ever have children. |