After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Acting
Cullen and New improvised dialogue so natural you'll feel like eavesdropping.
Direction
Haigh lets silences breathe—uncomfortable, erotic, devastating.
Cinematography
Nottingham never looked this grey-beautiful; autumn as character.
Director
Andrew Haigh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in real Nottingham locations over 17 days for roughly £120,000—Haigh's crew was so small they often had to pause for regular clubbers to leave the frame.
Released the same year as 'Weekend' the comedy—Haigh's film quietly reclaimed the title for queer cinema, becoming a touchstone for the 'New Queer Intimacy' movement alongside Andrew Ahn and Desiree Akhavan.
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