For the release of “Poor Creatures” in the United Kingdom, a sex scene between Emma Stone and Damien Bonnard had to be changed due to the 1978 Child Protection Act.
Emma Stone is Bella In Poor creatures
then favorite (2019), Yorgos Lanthimos explores With Emma Stone Poor creatures, a surprising fantasy comedy, that is not afraid to shake its audience. The subject itself is interesting, as it is about a woman who is revived by a kind of Doctor Frankenstein who transplants the brain of a newborn baby.
With his adult body, Bella Will learn to walk and talk again. But Dr. Constantly locked in the house of Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), she has no codes of society and acts only by following her desires that go with her. She will eventually set off to explore the world, Free yourselfAnd then experiment with his sexuality.
Hence the film includes many sex scenes, Considered necessary by Emma Stone. The director refuses to make a sensible film, and wants to stay true to the character. However, there is nothing romantic about these, as they are more about experiences for Bella than feelings. And for the public, this causes Sometimes laughter, sometimes a look of discomfort.
Sex scene to be edited for UK
One sequence in particular can be very annoying. During a visit to Paris, Bella decides to offer her services in a brothel, which will allow her to once again discover a part of the world unknown to her until now. Among his clients is a man, played by French actor Damian Bonnard, and with his young sons. It is then for educational purposes that he will show his children how to love. A very unhealthy situation, but one that Yorgos Lanthimos treats with irony.
However, this was considered problematic during the scene Release of the film in the United Kingdom. According to the report Indiewirethere British Board of Film Classification may have requested changes in editing to be able to authorize the publication of Poor creatures. In its press release, the body responsible for evaluating the classification of films said:
We informed the distributor that we would be able to classify the film as 18+, provided a short sequence showing sexual activity in the presence of children was altered.
In fact the passage poses a problem in its original edification because of the Child Protection Act of 1978. Indeed, the law specifically “Prevent child exploitation by posting indecent photos“. Even if the film does not show any action from the young boys present in the sequence, the simple fact of showing them Witnessing sex was problematic. A new assembly was therefore proposed for the British market.
When the distributor submitted the film for official classification, the scene was edited and we were able to classify the film in the “+18” category.
