Femme

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Femme

Released Mar 22

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.

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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

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

Sep 17, 2024

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Manuel Betancourt

Los Angeles Times

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

Apr 17, 2024

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

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

Apr 5, 2024

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Jericho Tadeo

MovieWeb

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.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jul 12, 2024

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Kaiya Shunyata

Dread Central

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

Rated: 4.5/5

Jul 9, 2024

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Connor Lightbody

TAKE ONE Magazine

there’s no simple binary in this exceptional heart-pounding thriller of broken queer men trying to exist in a broken society

Rated: 4.5/5

Jul 4, 2024

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Genevieve F

Great thriller. The acting is outstanding. Well done!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Kiki

Great British sex filled suspenseful drama.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Kelvin G

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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Taye

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/05/24

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Yash B

"Femme" does not take much time to get to the point. This movie is intense, sometimes hard to watch, but ultimately effective. The two main performances are layered and complex and the movie has a lot to say which can be fascinating to unpack afterwards. I think the movie has some moments that I felt were a bit outlandish, but for the most part, a lot of it felt strangely realistic, which I think adds to the points the film is trying to make. Overall, it is a movie that kept me on the edge of my seat, and it played out in surprising ways more than once and offered lots of food for thought.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/24

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Matthew R

Not my genre but i think for those in the LBGTQ+ community impacted by hate crimes and violence and dealing with the pain that CIS and closeted CIS have inflicted on their community, this is a long awaited expose. Over all a decent cast with an emotional plot.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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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, Agile Films, BBC Film, Anton
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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