Chilean drama The Prince has reportedly been banned from Amazon Prime Video in the UK for \u201coffensive content\u201d.<\/p>\n
The film, which was released last year, is set in a prison and explores the relationships and power dynamics between the prisoners against the backdrop of Chile\u2019s political unrest in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
While the film contains dark and explicit content, it was widely praised for its uncompromising outlook and won the Queer Lion Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The prize\u2019s jury said of The Prince: \u201cThe savage brutality of prison life is contrasted by intensely emotional relationships between prisoners\u2026 Sebasti\u00e1n Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s directorial debut is a bold and erotically charged exploration of recent history which reveals an unexpected tenderness at its heart.\u201d<\/p>\n As reported by Deadline, however, The Prince\u2019s distributor Peccadillo Pictures were told that the film could not be uploaded to Amazon as it went against the website\u2019s guidelines, which contain rules against \u201csexually explicit\u201d and \u201cviolent or graphic\u201d content.<\/p>\n This is despite the British Board of Film Classification giving the film an 18 rating but saying that it didn\u2019t need to be re-edited.<\/p>\n Peccadillo MD Tom Abell told Deadline: \u201cWe are obviously very concerned and perplexed by Amazon\u2019s ruling. We have been trying to overturn their decision without avail and cannot understand why, when we have overwhelming support from all other platforms, they have taken this stance.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe cannot deny that The Prince has some explosive and bold scenes but this is what makes it stand out and is such an enjoyable and admired film,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n \u201cIt certainly contains nothing that hasn\u2019t been seen before in a prison drama and pales in comparison to scenes in many of Amazon\u2019s own productions. We are something of a loss to explain the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n The Independent has contacted Amazon for comment.<\/p>\n