Two characters have sex in a field at night while a young boy watches. A woman gives birth in a field. Her thighs are seen covered in blood as she screams. We see a dead body in shadows laid out naked on a table as it is washed for burial. A man undresses for bed and his genitalia can briefly be seen in shadows. Characters violently kiss. A man passionately holds and kisses the corpse of his beloved and may perform necrophilia, although this is uncertain as there is no nudity and no explicit thrusting.

Many scenes of cruelty and/or violence between characters and towards animals. A man knocks a boy down and severely kicks him. Later in the film, the roles are reversed as the boy, now grown, beats the man. A man whips a boy on the back until he bleeds. A girl literally licks his wounds afterwards. A man throws himself against a wall repeatably until his forehead bleeds and he cries out in pain. A man hangs a dog from a gate by its collar, causing the dog to choke and whine in distress. Later a small boy does the same with a dog by hanging it on a tree branch. We see a sheep stabbed in the neck and its blood pool on the ground. We see a rabbit killed by having its neck stretched and broken. A man vomits loudly behind a wall (nothing is seen). A woman scratches another on the arm as she struggles to get free of her grasp. The scratched woman then licks her wound. A boy climbs on top of a girl who has fallen in a mud puddle and holds here there. Many years later, she pushes him over and holds his head down by stepping on it.

There is a lot of stronger profanity than the book in this movie

More than a couple direct uses of 'fuck' and 'nigger' and at least one use of 'cunt'.

Drugs, recreational: None

Incidental pipe smoking.

Many scenes of violence, fighting, intimidation, cruelty, abuse (physical, verbal, emotional). A brief but shocking childbirth. A man intensely mourns the death of his beloved.