CINEOS Premiere

In the Realm of the Senses

Two lovers seal themselves off from the world and chase desire past every limit, until the only way further in is to destroy each other.

It documents its lovers with a forensic calm that runs in unsettling parallel to how beautiful the images are, so the pleasure implicates you. The characters almost never name what is happening to them; you assemble their desire and grief from acts alone. As erotic play slides toward strangulation the border keeps dissolving, and your body registers the danger the participants ignore — a gap that produces relentless unease and refuses any releasing cry at the end.