By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. Meaningless encounter after meaningless encounter has begun to take its toll on him, echoing the emptiness so many young gay men face when their social life in a new city consists mostly of sex and very little else. Little touches, like scenes in which Johan douches on the toilet or casually cleans up cum in the sauna, further ground the film as distinctly queer in ways a straight filmmaker could never understand.
You can practically smell the lube and poppers wafting off the screen. The man who visits is shy at first, sitting on the couch opposite with his coat still on, even after they share a beer together. But Johan pushes through that initial awkwardness and asks William to stay anyway. He has a friend at work, in the sauna, and his older flatmate is looking out for him too. Through close-ups that take us in deep, we watch as Johan uses a pillow to prop his ass up while William lubes the dildo with extremely authentic and not-too-sexy wet noises.
More proof that no one shoots a queer sex scene quite like a queer filmmaker. In a key moment early on in their courtship, Johan takes his new lover to Adonis, reassuring him that everything will be OK. William uses a towel to get changed while Johan gets naked, and he remains self-conscious even when he keeps a top on still in the sauna itself.
These ups and downs are threaded throughout the central relationship this film is hinged on as their feelings ebb and flow with each new development. It is currently seeking U. Subscribe here to our newly launched newsletter, In Review by David Ehrlich, in which our Chief Film Critic and Head Reviews Editor rounds up the best new reviews and streaming picks along with some exclusive musings β all only available to subscribers.
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