Femme

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Femme

2024

1h 39m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

LGBTQ+

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With his performances as Aphrodite Banks, Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Candyman) has a place among London's celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get some cigarettes and is brutally attacked by a man (George MacKay, 1917), out with a gang of his friends. Although Jules is able to recover physically, he withdraws from the outside world, traumatized. Months later, he recognizes his attacker by chance in a gay sauna. Without make-up and wrapped only in a towel, Jules is able to approach the other man incognito and find out who he is. He begins an affair with the closeted Preston, with a plan to take his revenge.

Critics Consensus

Sexually charged and riddled with tension, Femme redresses the noir genre and may leave audiences biting their nails to the nub.

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Roxana Hadadi

New York Magazine/Vulture

09/17/2024

A volatile, sensuous revenge film in which the body and its desires don’t lie.

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Manuel Betancourt

Los Angeles Times

04/17/2024

Within that funhouse mirror of an erotic-thriller premise, “Femme” proves to be a gorgeously mounted meditation on queer and queered performance.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

04/05/2024

As a thriller it absolutely works, but as a film that speaks to a very real thing, it's even better.

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Mattie Lucas

trans|cendental cinema

01/23/2025

3/4

A sexy and stylishly directed thriller with a genuine heat in its depiction of sexuality, thanks to some fantastic performances by both Stewart-Jarrett and MacKay.

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Jericho Tadeo

MovieWeb

07/12/2024

4.5/5

It succeeds precisely because it is gay. The film's inherent disruption of tradition speaks to the essence of queer existence, defying the rules placed before them and resisting easy categorization.

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Kaiya Shunyata

Dread Central

07/09/2024

4.5/5

From its soul-shattering performances to its raw exploration of queer life, Femme is a film that you cannot miss.

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Genevieve F

04/07/2024

Great thriller. The acting is outstanding. Well done!

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Kiki

04/07/2024

Great British sex filled suspenseful drama.

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Kelvin G

04/06/2024

The acting in this was great and they made you feel a lot of the tension given the situations. It was also shot well but the story didn't click all the way and the ending left me feeling like it was unfinished.

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Taye

04/05/2024

This was a great movie. The acting was so good. The energy was on point. Sexy Thriller with horror elements. A+

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Rod B

@RT78477017 Mar 28

The box office takings don’t reflect the entertainment value of this poignant film. Tension, in a plot that takes unexpected turns.

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Shioka O

@RT54204327 Mar 15

Heavily sexual & LGBTQ but nice revenge / suspenseful thriller actually. Interesting and effective characters. good plot you won't be bored by this 100min.

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Synopsis

With his performances as Aphrodite Banks, Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Candyman) has a place among London's celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get some cigarettes and is brutally attacked by a man (George MacKay, 1917), out with a gang of his friends. Although Jules is able to recover physically, he withdraws from the outside world, traumatized. Months later, he recognizes his attacker by chance in a gay sauna. Without make-up and wrapped only in a towel, Jules is able to approach the other man incognito and find out who he is. He begins an affair with the closeted Preston, with a plan to take his revenge.

Director: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
Producer: Sam Ritzenberg, Myles Payne
Screenwriter: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
Distributor: Utopia
Production Co: Under New Mgmt, Anton, BBC Film, Agile Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 22, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 30, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $185.9K
Runtime: 1h 39m

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