Colin (Harry Melling) is a directionless wallflower letting life pass him by. That's until Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), the impossibly handsome leader of a motorbike club, takes him on as his submissive.Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life, introducing him to a community of kinky, queer bikers and taking all sorts of virginities along the way. But as Colin steps deeper into Ray’s world of rules and mysteries, he begins to question whether the life of a 24/7 submissive is for him. Has he found his calling, or simply swapped one form of suffocation for another?
Based on the novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones, this confident and assured feature debut from writer-director Harry Lighton is an unconventional queer romance which balances humour, pathos and eroticism in equal measure. Powered by fearless, committed and beguiling performances from Skarsgård and Melling, Pillion offers an unorthodox twist on the traditional vision of the rom-com, both surprisingly funny and intensely moving.
Harry Lighton | United Kingdom, Ireland | 2025 | 107 mins | 18
Event Venue
Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, BT48 6HJ Derry, United Kingdom, The Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Londonderry, BT48 6, United Kingdom, Derry
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