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Summary With his performances as Aphrodite Banks, Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett ) 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 guy out with a gang of blokes. Although Jules is able to recover physically, he withdraws from the outside world, traumatis...

Directed By: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping

Written By: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping

  • 1 h 39 m
  • 1 h 39 m
Femme
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
67
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Summary With his performances as Aphrodite Banks, Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett ) 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 guy out with a gang of blokes. Although Jules is able to recover physically, he withdraws from the outside world, traumatis...

Directed By: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping

Written By: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping

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91
Feb 23, 2023
The main characters of Femme are more than one-dimensional representations of the part they play in society. They are complex human beings, filled with contradictions and trying to get by despite past traumas.
By Marco Vito Oddo FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 1, 2023
George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett utterly thrill in this sexually charged, suspense-filled watch. Don’t let this one pass you by.
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80
Feb 23, 2023
A pair of sensational performances by Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (“Candyman”) and George MacKay (“1917”), locked in a nervy duet as two men with virtually nothing in common but their sexuality, represents the chief selling point for this stylish, commendably uncompromising fusion of genre fireworks and measured, thoughtful character study.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 23, 2023
The directors’ first joint feature is a tremendously effective revenge movie; a picture that reframes the neo-noir by harnessing a hate crime and diverting its power into a thrillingly transgressive erotic thriller.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 26, 2023
Femme fascinatingly taps into the radical possibilities of the sartorial as narrative device, exploring the tabooed nuances of queer subjectivity and muddying the lines between gay and trans in the way that lived experience tends to do.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
58
Feb 23, 2023
Subtlety proves a scarce commodity as the debuting duo chops at this cautionary tale until its fragile narrative bones are fully exposed, dialogue stripped of any valuable nuance.
By Rafaela Sales Ross FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 23, 2023
Faltering storytelling and sloppy visual technique aside, the pas de deux of tenderness and violence, passivity and aggression between Stewart-Jarrett and MacKay keeps you watching, with both actors mostly overcoming the clichés in the way their characters are conceived. But Femme ends up being less subversive than it seems to think it is.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Agile Films, Anton, BBC Film, Under New Mgmt
Duration 1 h 39 m
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Awards

British Independent Film Awards
• 3 Wins & 11 Nominations
Fantasia Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations

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