Despite the golden carrot of French gay male porn star Francois Sagat dangling from the screen, this is so much more than a film about buns tight enough to crack a walnut with one clench. Instead, Sagat’s role as Emmanuel is a striking yet boorish figure, his stunning physique more handicap than bonus as he lurches from one encounter to the next, a handsome but dull sex addict lacking basic self-awareness. When boyfriend Omar demands he leaves their apartment before he returns from a trip abroad, the narrative splits to depict their opposing experience in the days that follow – using an inventive eye-view vérité technique for Omar, contrasted with a languid, bed-bound voyeurism to capture Emmanuel’s ennui. A fresh, experimental swansong to a relationship that has reached its best-by date.
Contains very strong sex and sex references