A Greek island getaway becomes a fever dream of guilt, flesh, and identity unraveling.
Infidelity has made Jessy Ares and Jonathan Agassis relationship numb. The men escape to Mykonos and try to regain emotions for each other but as soon as they arrive, a car accident leaves Jonathan in the hospital. Jessy meets local Mitchell Rock and they explore the breathtaking island as Jessy is tempted into sexual freedom. Jessy uses Mitchell as a mirror to find out who he has become now that he is alone without Jonathan. But guilt and passion take over reality and Jessy gives in to his dark desire. Its man against himself as he tries to escape but he has become his own game where every man around him uncovers a heightened illusion of sex. For Jessy, seduction and madness collide when he opens his eyes, AWAKE.
Cinematography
Mykonos as a seductive, sinister character itself.
Direction
Genre-blending ambition rare in adult cinema.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Directed by Jake Jaxson for CockyBoys, part of a wave of 'porn auteur' cinema treating adult film as legitimate artistic medium. The 142-minute runtime alone signals artistic pretension.
Jessy Ares was reportedly going through actual relationship turmoil during filming, blurring documentary and fiction in ways the film leans into rather than hides.
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