A woman is shown topless (lying face down) on a bed. Her breasts are mostly visible. Her nipples can be seen briefly for a few seconds. It is implied that she and another man (shown completely dressed) have just had sex.

In the opening scene, a man kills his friend.

A doctor extracts a bullet from a man's shoulder. The wound is show bleeding. A few other gunshots are shown in the film and a couple of the wounds bleed.

Insults: "bastard" (8 instances) "bastards" (1) "scum" (1)

Profanity: "damn" (2 instances) "screw" (1) "shit" (1)

Based on the English subtitles from the Criterion Collection DVD.

There is quite a bit of tobacco smoking in this film. Several main characters smoke cigarettes (many of them smoke on multiple occasions). Cigarettes are shown in many scenes.

There is some alcohol drinking in this film. Several scenes are set in clubs. Both Silien and Jean drink and order drinks.

The police allude to the fact that a man deals drugs.Heroin and cocaine are referenced and the police discuss a vice squad raid, but no drugs or drug use is shown.

An incident in which a man was very drunk is referenced briefly on at least two separate occasions.

No intoxication is depicted in the film.

A woman is bound and gagged, tied up, slapped around, and yelled at. Her face is shown bleeding.