(closing film) (Pusan International Film Festival)
Oct 16, 2009
Taiwan
No data
Oct 23, 2009
USA
(Chinese American Film Festival)
Nov 13, 2009
United Arab Emirates
(Dubai International Film Festival)
Dec 12, 2009
Italy
(Udine Far East Film Festival)
Apr 27, 2010
Canada
(Fantasia International Film Festival)
Jul 10, 2010
France
(Paris Chinese Film Festival)
Sep 22, 2010
UK
(East Winds Film Festival)
Feb 13, 2011
South Korea
No data
Jun 13, 2013
China
(re-release)
Jul 20, 2020
Feng sheng
(Original title)
A Mensagem
Brazil
风声
China (Mandarin title)
風聲
Hong Kong (Cantonese title)
風聲
Japan (Japanese title)
Wiadomość
Poland
Послание
Russia
風聲
Taiwan
The Message
UK
The Message
USA
Phong Thanh
Vietnam
Sex & Nudity
Moderate
A woman clothing is ripped off then her torturer tries to break her will using various probing instruments.
Violence & Gore
Severe
Torture scenes are not overdone but may still be disturbing to young children.
Even without obvious gore and blood, the torture scenes are sufficiently evocative to disturb jaded adults! A woman fed alive to a wild dog; people beaten and hacked to death; slow shots of a torture instruments, etc. Between the physical and psychological stress, it is enough to make a brave person shrivel.
Profanity
Moderate
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Severe
The culture of the times allowed smoking and alcohol as part of every day mannerisms. No particularly offensive stuff there.