Wallflower Colin (Harry Melling) leads a humdrum existence until he meets the impossibly handsome Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), a mysterious biker he is soon desperately devoted to. As Colin submits to Ray and enters an exciting new world of desire, he must decide the limits of his devotion.
Hilarious, subversive and sexy, PILLION is the acclaimed and surprisingly tender love story from writer-director Harry Lighton, starring Melling and Skarsgård in fearless performances as a mild young man and his leather-clad lover.
“Lighton has made a truly provocative anti-romance that’s funny, honest, strangely touching. It’s an exceptional balance act that makes Pillion the unlikeliest crowd-pleaser.” ~Zhuo-Ning Su, The Film Stage
“Often very funny without ever kink-shaming, thanks to the wry script, Skarsgård’s deadpan, and Melling’s guilelessness.” ~Esther Zuckerman, The Daily Beast
“Pillion is less about the shock factor of some very graphic gay kink than the nuances of love, desire and mutual needs within a sub/dom relationship.” ~David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
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Language
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English
Country
UK
Studio
Rialto