>>40526821
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996). It was originally made for TNT. There's no nudity and all the child abuse was suggestive, yet it felt like an NC-17 movie. It deeply disturbed me unlike any other R or NC-17 movie, but oddly enough didn't break any FCC rules to be shown on regular cable. I feel weird because even A Serbian Film or Hounddog, that graphic Dakota Fanning child abuse film felt way less cursed or disturbing in comparison. If you don't believe me, see for yourself, but mind you, it was directed by a woman whose father directed a classic noir film with a notorious, incestuous father-daughter plot reveal. Actress Jena Malone was only 11 years old as the main, abused protagonist. In later interviews, she lowkey hinted it was a "depressing" time around when she filmed that movie, but never said she was traumatized from the experience, yet, regardless, child abuse experts who examined her abuse scenes in the films believe she was being exploited and it's likely Jena who had no idea what was happening back then, but later did, actually felt exploited, in line with actual, abused children who did not realize they were being abused until later on in life