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Alexander Skarsgård-Harry Melling BDSM Romance Pic ‘Pillion’ Spurs Eight-Minute Ovation At Cannes Premiere


'Pillion,' a BDSM romance pic starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling, drew an eight-minute ovation after its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

Harry Melling, left, and Alexander Skarsgård in 'Pillion' Pillion, about the BDSM relationship between a gay biker and a timid parking, kickstarted an exuberant eight-minute ovation from the audience that included Pedro Pascal after its premiere Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. In his Deadline review, Glenn Garner wrote: “Beneath the unabashed sexual content, Lighton’s debut is all romance, kicking off with a French rendition of ‘I Will Follow Him,’ foreshadowing the hopeless devotion Colin develops for Ray in their dom/sub relationship. … Skarsgård understood the assignment, slipping seamlessly into his role as the sexually dominant yet elusive Ray, who’s fearless in communicating his every desire, but emotionally closed off to any real intimacy as the leader of a gay biker gang.”

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