Drama

Thriller

Romance

Femme

Agile Films

United Kingdom

English

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

George MacKay

John McCrea

Antonia Clarke

Moe Bar-El

Nima Taleghani

John Leader

Aaron Heffernan

Peter McPherson

Asha Reid

Paris Tenana

Ryan Walker-Edwards

Peter Clements

Jackson Milner

Luis Torrecilla

Sam H. Freeman

Ng Choon Ping

Dimitris Birbilis

Cecile Gaget

Harriet Harper-Jones

Myles Payne

Marnie Podos

Sebastien Raybaud

Sam Ritzenberg

David Staniland

Hayley Williams

Eva Yates

James Rhodes

Selina Macarthur

Julie Harkin

Nathan Toth

Christopher Melgram

Buki Ebiesuwa

Marie Deehan

Kerri Watters

Jeroen Bogaert

James Cross

Emmaalouise Smith

Thomas Moodie

Michael Fennelly

Liam Harris

Matt Markham

Alix Milan

Sebastian Marczewski

Vlassis Skoulis

Tom Stansfield

Andy Bennett

André Layne

Anthony Skrimshire

Scott McIntyre

Rufus Ambler

India Claydon-Richards

Oscar Perez Pelaez

Ashley Sinani

Grant Studart

Greg Keen

Peter Francis

Oleg Loginov

Aaron Adrian Rogers

David Horsburgh

Martin Jones

Josh Campbell

Helena Czerwinska

Michael Haines

Aleksandra Jakubowicz

Dawid Konecki

Ludovic Lasserre

Bartosz Mazur

Ewa Mazurkiewicz

Michał Wilczewski

Jacek Wiśniewski

Arabella Wunderlich

Richard Nik Evans

William Rowe

Ayanna Blair-Ford

Adam Janota Bzowski

Arsalan Motavali

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"Jules" (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) is a confident drag artist who runs out of cigarettes one night after coming off stage. He sets off to the local shop to replenish and encounters a gang of homophobic chavs. Maybe ill-advisedly, he responds to their taunts and when outside is followed and badly beaten. Not surprisingly, this experience turns the young man into a bit of a recluse. He struggles to come to terms with what has happened and this affects his relationships with flatmates "Toby" (John McCrea) and "Molly" (Antonio Clarke). His mindset changes, however, after a trip to a sauna re-introduces him to his protagonist "Preston" (George MacKay) who aside from being a bit of a thug, is clearly closeted too. The two hook up, it's raw and visceral - and his new mate drives off and leaves him afterwards! This, however, sows a seed in his mind and some You-tubing later leaves him with a plan to film and expose "Preston" to the very creatures with whom he exists. What he doesn't quite count on, indeed neither man (nor us) really, follows as the story evolves from one of violence and vengeance into one that might actually touch on something deeper. "Jules" learns to adapt to his nemesis's world of drugs, violence and hatred - even to turn it to his own advantage, and that elicits a response from his new found "friend" that is almost touching at times... Thing is though, can leopard's change their spots? NJS is superb here but for me it's MacKay who made me sit up and take notice. There is something distinctly authentic about his depiction of this screwed up bully and as the film progresses and the dynamic between the men changes, his is the character that I actually began to feel ever so slightly sorry for. Don't look for vindication at the end, there is a finish to the film but not to the story... This is a well written drama that snacks of realism and reminds us all that bigotry in all it's forms is still alive and well! It's certainly worth watching.

Chris Sawin

_Femme_ is a knockout thriller with some killer performances. As Preston, George MacKay is loud and violent, but also clearly disguising himself. As Jules, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett has his life shattered but the way he pieces it back together is both cunning and unsettling. Who is dominating whom in _Femme_, and how that unravels, is nightmarishly tense and overwhelmingly thought-provoking.

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