( CNN ) Mr. Grey will see you now . Just not in Kenya . The erotic movie `` Fifty Shades of Grey '' is out in theaters Friday . But the East African nation will not be showing it , citing `` prolonged and explicit sexual scenes depicting women as sexual slaves . '' Under the ban , anyone who distributes or shows it in Kenya is liable to a fine , imprisonment or both . `` Fifty Shades '' is based on a book by E. L. James . It tells the steamy story of young , attractive billionaire Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele , the young woman he sexually dominates . Jamie Dornan , star of the crime drama `` The Fall , '' and Dakota Johnson play the lead characters . The board that regulates movie content in Kenya warned theaters not to show the much-anticipated film . `` The Kenya Film Classification Board wishes to inform the public , film operators and stakeholders that the film has been restricted , '' it said in a statement this week . `` It should not be screened or distributed to the public . '' Last year , the board banned `` The Wolf of Wall Street , '' saying it has `` extreme nudity , sex , alcohol and drugs . ''
Kenyan film regulator cites ` ` prolonged and explicit sexual scenes '' Under the law , anyone who distributes or imports the film is liable to prosecution .