Now and Then, Here and There (TV Series 1999–2000) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A young boy is seen naked from the waist down for a few moments when his pants are being repaired.
  • A 13 year old girl is explained to be raped by many men in prison and in one case she is revealed pregnant, although nothing is shown. The same 13 year old girl is attempted raped a man who she then kills in defense, nothing is shown.
  • There is a brief talk of abortion, nothing major.

Violence & Gore

  • Multiple people are seen being shot and killed.
  • Children are seen being whipped on their bare backs.
  • A cat is strangled off screen and its dead body is seen later.
  • Graphic violence involving early teens.

Profanity

  • Couple of uses of "Shit", "Bitch", "Bastard", "Hell", and "Son of a Bitch"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The overall tone of the series is intense and disturbing. Teenagers and children are subjected to acts of savage and sadistic violence. One female teenager kills a man in self-defense as the man attempts to rape her. (It's implied that this teenager was raped earlier in the series).
  • King Hamdo is unhinged and child-like and inflicts great pain on those who threaten him. He brutalizes the children he enlists in his army and calls his assistant all matter of foul names for not giving him what he wants. His infantile nature combined with his casual use of extreme punishment make him a particularly disturbing presence on the show.
  • A cat is killed off screen and its dead body is seen later, when it is thrown across the room by Hamdo.

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Violence & Gore

  • A man is beaten to death by a girl after he attempts to rape her. Blood and his dead body are seen.
  • Children are shot and blood is seen as they die.
  • A village is destroyed via bombing and the inhabitants are burned alive or shot dead. Children and babies are shown before being killed offscreen.
  • Multiple people drown to death.
  • A girl attempts an abortion by hitting her stomach with a rock. She hits it once before a boy puts his hand in the way to stop her and his hand is crushed and bleeds.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Children are killed in various ways and used as soldiers.

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