This is rated R for violence and language but the violence here is not enough for an R rating. The most violent scene here is probably the scene where Manni got hit by an ambulance and that's even unrealistically mild (his body should have a trajectory ) and there's barely any crude language here.
Why are MPAA so strict on independent and foreign films?
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Because Americans are puritanical? (It's rated '15' here in the UK).
"Everybody in the WORLD, is bent"share
If she had have taken her gear off it probably would have been banned in the USA.
shareThe UK rating is actually stricter; Americans under 17 can see an R-rated movie if they're with an adult.
shareUSA are more harsh on movies. Look at the ratings for various countries:
Argentina:13, Brazil:12, Canada:PG, Germany:16, Sweden:11, Switzerland:12.