Terra (2025)

Released: 2025-11-30 Recommended age: 13+ No IMDb rating yet
Terra

Movie details

  • Genres: Drama, War, Thriller
  • Director: Rory Wilson
  • Main cast: Tayo Aluko, Meg Birley, Ramin Farahani, Sam Shoubber
  • Country / region: United Kingdom
  • Original language: en
  • Premiere: 2025-11-30

Story overview

Set in a war-zone, a war doctor and his medical staff are forced underground into a make-shift hospital, only to be faced with a desperate father willing to do whatever it takes to be helped. When survival is everything, morality is the first casualty.

Parent Guide

A tense war drama focusing on moral dilemmas in a confined underground hospital setting, with strong emotional intensity and realistic peril.

Content breakdown

Violence & peril
Moderate

Contains war-zone peril with implied violence, medical trauma, and high-stress situations in a confined space. While not graphically violent, the constant threat and desperation create intense scenes.

Scary / disturbing
Moderate

Themes of war, survival, and moral compromise may be disturbing. The confined underground setting and desperate characters create a claustrophobic, tense atmosphere that could be unsettling for sensitive viewers.

Language
Mild

May include occasional strong language appropriate to the high-stress wartime setting, but not excessive.

Sexual content & nudity
None

No sexual content or nudity is present in this war drama.

Substance use
None

No substance use depicted in the medical/war setting.

Emotional intensity
Strong

High emotional intensity throughout due to life-or-death situations, moral dilemmas, and the desperate circumstances of characters in a war zone.

Parent tips

This film deals with intense themes of war, survival, and moral dilemmas in a confined, high-stress setting. It may be too intense for younger children due to its realistic portrayal of wartime trauma and ethical conflicts. Consider previewing or watching together with older children to discuss the complex themes.

Parent chat guide

Use this film as a springboard to discuss the realities of war, the importance of medical ethics, and how extreme situations can challenge our moral principles. Talk about the characters' choices and the concept of 'doing whatever it takes' in life-or-death scenarios.

Parent follow-up questions

  • How do you think the doctor felt when he had to help people in the hospital?
  • What does it mean to be 'desperate' like the father in the story?
  • Why do you think the father was willing to do 'whatever it takes' to get help?
  • What would you do if you were in the doctor's position and had to make difficult choices?
  • How does the film explore the theme that 'morality is the first casualty' in war?
  • What ethical dilemmas do the medical staff face, and how do their decisions reflect on human nature under pressure?

Where to watch

Streaming availability has not been announced yet.

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