The movie has already obtained the thumbs up from critics, too.
Vainness Truthful has hailed it as “a frank, kinky, completely idiosyncratic first characteristic from Lighton”, whereas Deadline praised the “superbly heartbreaking love story” set “in opposition to a contemporary world of BDSM”.
The Every day Beast described Pillion as “fairly presumably the sexiest film at Cannes this 12 months, that’s additionally delightfully tender”, whereas The Guardian’s four-review stated: “Right here to show there’s nothing mild about real love is an intensely English story of romance, devotion and loss from first-time characteristic director Harry Lighton, who has created one thing humorous and touching and alarming.”
An official synopsis for the movie beforehand teased: “Colin, a weedy wallflower is letting life move him by. That’s till Ray, the impossibly good-looking chief of a bike membership, takes him on as his submissive.
“Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life, introducing him to a neighborhood of kinky, queer bikers and taking all kinds of virginities alongside the way in which. However as Colin steps deeper into Ray’s world of guidelines and mysteries, he begins to query whether or not the lifetime of a 24/7 submissive is for him. Has he discovered his calling, or just swapped one type of suffocation for one more?”
In the meantime, later in Cannes, it appeared like Alexander had taken inspiration from his character, sporting some knee-high Saint-Laurent boots on the purple carpet…
