Censor

Censor

★ 5.8IMDb Score
Released:2021-06-11
Duration:84 min
Director:Prano Bailey-Bond
Actors:Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta
Production:Film4 Productions, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Cinelab London, Kodak Motion Picture Products, Rook Films, BFI

Overview:

A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.

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