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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 69 |
| Posted: | | | | Hello,
I bough a few French DVD's and noticed the rating system is not correct. They use "Tous Public" for U (All ages). I don't know what the other ratings are, but I'm sure the are some French people on the forum who can help me out and req. for this change. | | | | | | Last edited: by nmbs |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 3,830 |
| Posted: | | | | This is what i could find: CNC film classification: Quote: Decisions on cinematographic works (including trailers) made by the Minister after a recommendation from the Board involve the following measures : certificate authorising the screening of the film to all members of the public certificate prohibiting the screening of the film to minors under twelve certificate prohibiting the screening of the film to minors under sixteen certificate prohibiting the screening of the film to minors under eighteen certificate totally prohibiting the screening of the film.
Films may also be classified by the order of the Minister of Culture as "pornographic films or those containing an incitement to violence" (article 12 of the act of 30 December 1975).
As from 1 January 1976, the list of pornographic films and those containing an incitement to violence is drawn up on the recommendation of the Board of Film Classification. These films are not permitted to benefit from any financial support in the form of automatic selective aid. | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 3,830 |
| Posted: | | | | Censorship in FranceQuote: Cinema All films intended for theatrical release have to be granted a visa by the Ministry of Culture, upon the recommendation of Commission for film classification (Commission de classification cinématographique), sawhich can give a film one of four ratings: Tous publics (universal): suitable for all audiences Interdit aux moins de 12 ans (-12): Forbidden for under 12s Interdit aux moins de 16 ans (-16): Forbidden for under 16s Interdit aux moins de 18 ans (-18): Forbidden for under 18s
Cinemas are bound by law to prevent underaged audiences from viewing films and may be fined if they fail to do so.
The Commission cannot make cuts to a film, but it can ban it, although this latter power is rarely used. In practice, this means that most films in France are categorized rather than censored. | | | Sources for one or more of the changes and/or additions were not submitted. Please include the sources for your changes in the contribution notes, especially for cast and crew additions. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 467 |
| Posted: | | | | And in the DVD rating there is another rating that is "Accord Parental" doesn't correspond to any rating in DVD Profiler. I have asked in the past to Ken if it's possible to add this rating between U ("Tous publics") and 12 but it seems it's too complicate so we won't have this rating in DVD Profiler. So me I put NC when it's "Accord Parental" but some people put the U rating for "Accord Parental". But personally I think it's not exact because to my mind some DVDs with "Accord Parental" aren't good for kids particularly little kids... | | | Regards Cyrille |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 2,366 |
| Posted: | | | | I do not know much about the French Rating System, but this is what I do know: These are the ratings according to WikipediaThese are the ratings according to a French userAnd if he's right (and I think he is), the ratings indeed need to be adjusted for DVD Profiler. | | | Martin Zuidervliet
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 467 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Martin_Zuidervliet: Quote: I do not know much about the French Rating System, but this is what I do know:
These are the ratings according to Wikipedia These are the ratings according to a French user
And if he's right (and I think he is), the ratings indeed need to be adjusted for DVD Profiler. I think in fact the rating from Wikipedia is for the theater. And the rating for DVD is a little bit more different... Why? I don't know. I don't know how it's work for the X movies and I didn't view for the moment a DVD not X with a rating of "Interdit aux moins de 18 ans" so I don't know if in the reality there is a distinction between a DVD with a rating of 18 and with a DVD X also forbidden to people of less 18 years old. So for the DVD rating that is what is helpful for DVD Profiler we have: - "Tous publics" that correspond to U in DVD Profiler - "Accord Parental' without any corresponding in DVD Profiler - "Interdit aux moins de 12 ans" that correspond to 12 in DVD Profiler - "Interdit aux moins de 16 ans" that correspond to 16 in DVD Profiler - ?? that correspond to Adult in DVD Profiler So if it exist a rating "Interdit aux moins de 18 ans" there is no rating in DVD Profiler for that. So I don't know if there are DVD with this rating and that are not DVD X. If yes we need to have a new rating in DVD Profiler. And to be complety accurate we need to have a rating for "Accord Parental' but Ken didn't want because we need to modify all the actual 12 profiles that will automatically change by "Accord Parental" but I don't why it will be changed in the database of DVD Profiler if we add a rating between U and 12... | | | Regards Cyrille |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,029 |
| Posted: | | | | Please see also this thread about DVDProfiler's implementation of ratings. | | | Matthias |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 2,366 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting goodguy: Quote: Please see also this thread about DVDProfiler's implementation of ratings. I already submitted a link to your thread. | | | Martin Zuidervliet
DVD Profiler Nederlands |
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Registered: March 29, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 4,479 |
| Posted: | | | | In France, for movies, we have :
all public (U) forbidden under 12 forbidden under 16 forbidden under 18 X (= pornographic)
Some DVDs use "Accord Parental", but it means nothing as an official rating.
In dvdprofiler, we have : NC, with no use, as all movies are rated. U, 12 and 16, which are correct, adult, which means nothing as it doesn't make the difference between 18 and X
"18" movies are autorized in all theaters. We find movies as "Ken Park" , "9 Songs", or "Caligula" X movies are autorized only in specialized theaters, or on video. It concerns only pornographic films. | | | Images from movies |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 467 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting surfeur51: Quote:
In dvdprofiler, we have : NC, with no use, as all movies are rated. U, 12 and 16, which are correct, adult, which means nothing as it doesn't make the difference between 18 and X
I have a lot of DVD of France without any rating, specially spectacle or manga, anime, ... but it's false to say all movies are rated... movies maybe but not all DVD! | | | Regards Cyrille |
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Registered: March 29, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 4,479 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Cyrille: Quote: Quoting surfeur51:
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In dvdprofiler, we have : NC, with no use, as all movies are rated. U, 12 and 16, which are correct, adult, which means nothing as it doesn't make the difference between 18 and X
I have a lot of DVD of France without any rating, specially spectacle or manga, anime, ... but it's false to say all movies are rated... movies maybe but not all DVD! To be exact, it's all movies that were released in theaters that are rated, not all DVDs. In fact, I am only interested by the rating of the film when it was released, and not at all by the rating which is (or not) on the DVD cover (for example Accord parental may be found on DVD covers but means nothing). | | | Images from movies |
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Registered: May 22, 2007 | Posts: 2 |
| Posted: | | | | I'm from Quebec
Here we have G for Suitable for viewers of all ages (General) PG for Parental guidance is advised. Theme or content may not be suitable for all children (Parental Guidance) 14a for Suitable for viewing by persons 14 years of age and older. Persons under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. May contain: violence, coarse language and/or sexually suggestive scenes. 18a for Suitable for viewing by persons 18 years of age and older. Persons under 18 may attend but must be accompanied by an adult. May contain: explicit violence, frequent coarse language, sexual activity and/or horror. R for Admittance restricted to persons 18 years of age and over. Content not suitable for minors. May contain: frequent use of sexual activity, brutal/graphic violence, intense horror and/or other disturbing content. NC for film that not fit any of the others. Adult (Only for porn or sex oriented movies)
You might also look at http://freebase.com/view/film/content_rating_system
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Registered: March 15, 2007 | Posts: 1,982 |
| Posted: | | | | This was already submit in this topicR doesn't exist in the French Canadian rating system the 18+ is the Canadian R. The source is the french canadian "regie du cinema" as noted in the post link above. |
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