This film portrays life after nuclear fallout. It's difficult to watch and might trigger some viewers with its realistic and brutal depiction of a slowly-dying society.
A mentally disabled boy loses his father. His father dies, leaving his son surrounded by canned food but forgetting to show him how to use a can opener. The boy is brought home by a family friend who takes him in.
A severely ill police officer appears to be going mad, getting sick and making bizarre statements as he stumbles, being comforted by another party. The scene is quite intense.
A mother panics and suffers a bout of extreme grief upon being unable to bury her youngest son, who has just died, with his teddy bear.
A small tree is seen dead with brown leaves after being exposed to radiation, a tragic event as the Weatherly Family loved the tree and its death is also a sign of severe radiation in the town's air supply (see 'Violence & Gore').
Talk of dead/dying animals.
A priest has a crisis of faith and passionately kisses a woman; he ceases to appear afterwards in the film, implying his death has occurred.
Eerie music and frequent cutaways to old nostalgic super 8 home movies create a very emotional atmosphere that may upset some viewers.
There are two scenes in particular which some viewers may find intense and include: when the nuclear bomb is dropped we see a bright, blinding light fill the screen; when Carol walks down the street she finds a large pile of bodies being burned.