Love Lies Bleeding (15)

The screenings on Fri 24 May at 7.30pm and Thu 30 May at 2pm will be a captioned screening with descriptive subtitles. The screening on Thu 30 May will be relaxed for people living with dementia. 

Love Lies Bleeding is an electric new love story; reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

‘Lust and violence collide to powerfully pulpy effect in Love Lies Bleeding, a well-acted addition to writer-director Rose Glass’ growing body of exceptional work’ – Rotten Tomatoes

‘What elevates it is how much of a grip Glass maintains on her filmmaking through the chaos’ – Robert Egbert 

‘Kristen Stewart, Crazy (and Scary) in Love’ – The New York Times

Director – Rose Glass

Cast – Kirsten Stewart,  Katy O’Brian

• Information about screenings with descriptive subtitles

  Descriptive subtitles, sometimes referred to as subtitles for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing people or captions, transcribe dialogue and relevant aspects of the soundtrack, including music and sound effects, attempting to give D/deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers an equal experience to those who are able to watch films without descriptive subtitles. Descriptive subtitles would include speech identifiers and descriptive elements such as [door slamming] and [kettle whistling].

• Seating accessibility information

  Cinema

  Seat size

  Seats in the Cinema are 45cm (172/3“) wide and 46cm (18“) deep, are 40cm (152/3“) from the floor, and have 12cm (42/3“) between seats.

  Armrests

  Seats in the Cinema have armrests that do not fold away, and cannot be completely removed.

  Legroom

  Seats in the cinema have 30cm (112/3”) of legroom in front of seats, with additional legroom on row A and seats B1-B4 and B11-B14.

  Further information

  If you have any questions about accessibility our Box Office team are always happy to help and can be contacted on 01642 525199 or by emailing [email protected] - you can also tell us about your access requirements when prompted to do so during the online booking process.

• BBFC rating information (may contain spoilers)

  Violence

  One person kills another by repeatedly slamming their head against the edge of a table, resulting in gruesome aftermath images. A man presses his finger into a bullet wound on another person’s leg. Further strong violence includes bloody shootings and crunchy, impactful blows. There are also scenes involving domestic abuse. In one, a woman with a severely bruised and swollen face lies unconscious in hospital after being beaten off-screen by her husband. In another, a person hits their partner, bloodying their mouth, while high and hallucinating from steroid misuse.

  Threat and horror

  There are scenes of gun threat and aggressive behaviour. A person experiences disturbing drug-induced hallucinations featuring grisly injury detail and moderate horror imagery.

  Language

  There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’), in addition to frequent strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘bitch’, ‘asshole’, ‘bullshit’ and ‘shit’.

  Sex

  Strong sex scenes include sequences of intercourse, oral sex, fingering and masturbation. The sex is often accompanied by strong verbal sex references or breast nudity. In one scene a woman has sex with a man in exchange for a job opportunity.

  Discrimination

  Brief scenes of homophobic behaviour include a use of the term ‘dyke’. The film clearly condemns discrimination.

  Drugs

  A person is repeatedly shown injecting steroids, sometimes in close up. The drug is shown to have an increasingly dangerous effect on the character’s mental health, causing disturbing hallucinations and violent outbursts.

  Injury detail

  Gory injury detail includes images of a bloody corpse with a severely damaged jaw in the aftermath of strong violence. These images reoccur later in brief flashbacks