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.
Revenge is rarely a tidy
business. But Femme, a savagely sexy queer erotic thriller, explores
just how messily complex retribution can be. - Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)
Femme is a staccato, fresh revenge thriller worth watching. - Emily Maskell, Little White Lies