- Moderate
- A domestic dispute occurs between a child and his parents. He eventually threatens his father by strangling him but is quick to relent and is appalled by his actions.
- A daughter's affections towards her father are regularly rejected. She cries upon revealing that he referred to her as a "tramp".
- The film deals with themes of adolescence, disillusionment with the human condition and imitable behaviour that may require adult guidance.
- The scene where Plato dies is very intense especially for a film released in 1955.