THE TAVERNA

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Sex Moderate impact

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The Taverna is an Australian comedy film set in a Greek restaurant in Melbourne. Complications arise when the manager allows a waitress to substitute for the belly dancer when she is unable to perform as advertised.

Themes

The film deals with themes of drug addiction, marriage breakdown and related custody issues, and animal slaughter is implied. The cultural practice of examining the bedsheets after the wedding night is also briefly mentioned.

Violence

Violence comprises a brief fight in the restaurant, which is of low impact and with no blood detail or apparent injury, and a brief "kidnapping" scene.

Sex

Verbal reference is made to "threesomes" in the film. The word "f**k" is used in a sexual context.

Language

The film contains several uses of the word "c**t" and "f**k". The film also contains use of the words, "shit", "bitch" and "slut".

Drug use

The snorting of cocaine is briefly depicted.

Nudity

Brief, non-sexualised breast nudity is depicted in an early scene.

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Classification date

24 February 2020

Year of production

2019

Classification

MA 15+

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THE TAVERNA

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