Overview
- Following a Cannes premiere and a festival run, the A24-backed feature begins a limited North American release over Valentine’s weekend.
- Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård star as Colin and Ray, whose dom–sub bond is portrayed with humor, care, and emotional nuance.
- Director Harry Lighton kept sex on screen rather than sanitizing it, though the final cut is less graphic than the screenplay, the team says.
- In postproduction, Lighton cut a dog-meeting beat after viewing Babygirl to avoid echoing a similar scene from that film.
- Members of the Gay Bikers Motorcycle Club appear on screen, contributing lived-in detail that reviewers note supports the film’s romance-forward take on BDSM.