Project Detail

Pillion

Synopsis

Colin, a weedy wallflower, is letting life pass him by. That is until Ray, 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?
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere
Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2025
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

Details

Year: 2025
Type of film: Features
Running time: 106 min
Director: Harry Lighton 1st Feature
Producer: Emma Norton, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Lee Groombridge
Executive Producer: Clare Binns, Mark Gooder, Pim Hermeling, Louise Ortega, Alexander Skarsgård, Alison Thompson, Christian Vesper, Eva Yates
Editor: Gareth C. Scales
Screenwriter: Harry Lighton (screenwriter), Adam Mars-Jones (based on a book by)
Director of Photography: Nick Morris
Production Designer: Francesca Massariol
Composer: Oliver Coates
Principal cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Harry Melling, Lesley Sharp, Douglas Hodge, Anthony Welsh, Jake Shears

Genre

LGBTQIA+

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BBC Film, BFI, Picturehouse, September Films

UK, Ireland co-production

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