Arrival
A slow-burn, cerebral science-fiction drama about a linguist working to communicate with alien visitors. Its most emotionally heavy content involves the illness and death of a child, woven through the film as recurring flashbacks rather than a single isolated scene.
Harm to childrenMedical traumaGraphic violence & goreFlashing lights
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The film opens with a montage of a young girl's life from birth through her death from illness, including hospital scenes showing her visibly ill in bed.
Recurring flashbacks to the child's illness and death are interspersed across the entire runtime; viewers sensitive to child loss will encounter this theme repeatedly.
Brief hospital scenes show the ill child in a medical bed, appearing weak and with hair loss suggested.