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Femme

Play trailer 1:39 Poster for Femme 2024 1h 39m Mystery & Thriller Drama LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.

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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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Genevieve F 04/07/2024 Great thriller. The acting is outstanding. Well done! See more Kiki 04/07/2024 Great British sex filled suspenseful drama. See more 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. See more 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+ See more Lenu_ L @RT79332978 Apr 19 what a ride! this movie is fantastic, but with smaller mistakes. maybe i dint see smth important bcs i skipped the fighting scenes, who knows. it was a shame that Jules didnt confide in his bffs which led to Preston finding out who Jules rlly is, but that was a plot point you can see miles away. i also dont like open endings so it was a shame this movie has it. now ill stop complaining. the actors work is fantastic, i believed everything that was happening and i rlly enjoyed Preston, even tho he was the "villain" of the story. the pacing was also good and before i knew it, the credits were here. i hope this summons up why 4 stars! See more 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. See more Read all reviews
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Sam H. Freeman

Director

Ng Choon Ping

Director

George MacKay

Preston

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Jules

Aaron Heffernan

Oz

John McCrea

Toby

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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