Cinema Paradiso: parents' guide

Film catches fire in the projection booth and a man is badly burned before a boy drags him down the stairs. A mother beats her son, a teacher slaps pupils, a bully punches a teen, and a cow is slaughtered, with blood seen afterward.

The subtitles include some s-words plus asshole, son of a bitch, damn, ass and bitch, and a young boy shouts up yours. Movieguide counted about 15 obscenities in the longer director's cut.

Old movie clips flash bare breasts and buttocks, a row of teen boys masturbate in the dark theater with nothing explicit on screen, a man paws a woman in the audience, and men slip behind a curtain with a sex worker. The director's cut adds more.

A pair of small boys share a cigarette, schoolboys smoke, adults drink wine and a few get drunk, and smoking is everywhere, true to the period.

The cinema fire is frightening, and a beloved character is left blind. The boy learns his father died in the war, and the film is full of loss and goodbyes, including a funeral, which may bring sensitive kids to tears.