The single most shocking thing about what might have been a lesbian love scene just before the end of the film is that it may have actually been the only lesbian love scene in an entire film that is advertised as a lesbian erotic romance/triller, but we don't know if it even happened. We're not even sure it happened...or if there ever was one in the whole film. This is not an LGBTQ+ love film.
It's a story about how a father's sexual abuse of his daughter echoed down to the next generation, damaging his daughter grievously (which he sadly gets away with). His daughter, Laura, struggles through life as a lesbian wanting a normal life with another woman, in this case a younger Eva (& yes I know she's too young), but is unable to have any form of sex to orgasm, except in an aggressive, even painful manner. And apparently only with men.
So is she a lesbian? Certainly and not because she was sexually abused as a child, though that certainly might account for her beef for violence and anger during sex. Is Eva? Almost certainly. The first time Laura asks her to share her bed she very eager to so. When Laura gets into bed kisses her on the cheek, turns off the light and then just rolls over and says goodnight (especially after just removing her top) without making a pass at her was obviously disappointing for her. Julia Sarah Stone did a brilliant job of going through facial expressions from young eager curiosity and anticipation when Laura was removing her shirt, to confusion and disappointment when she realized she was not about to have her lesbian virginity taken. From what I can tell from Laura's violent (& painful), unsuccessful attempt to have at least some kind of sex with her right at the end, she stayed a lesbian virgin. Maybe that was part of the point.
This is a sad drama about a whole group of damaged people, who most likely never will recover or change or even get much better than they are now. Very dark and very much a drag.
It's a story about how a father's sexual abuse of his daughter echoed down to the next generation, damaging his daughter grievously (which he sadly gets away with). His daughter, Laura, struggles through life as a lesbian wanting a normal life with another woman, in this case a younger Eva (& yes I know she's too young), but is unable to have any form of sex to orgasm, except in an aggressive, even painful manner. And apparently only with men.
So is she a lesbian? Certainly and not because she was sexually abused as a child, though that certainly might account for her beef for violence and anger during sex. Is Eva? Almost certainly. The first time Laura asks her to share her bed she very eager to so. When Laura gets into bed kisses her on the cheek, turns off the light and then just rolls over and says goodnight (especially after just removing her top) without making a pass at her was obviously disappointing for her. Julia Sarah Stone did a brilliant job of going through facial expressions from young eager curiosity and anticipation when Laura was removing her shirt, to confusion and disappointment when she realized she was not about to have her lesbian virginity taken. From what I can tell from Laura's violent (& painful), unsuccessful attempt to have at least some kind of sex with her right at the end, she stayed a lesbian virgin. Maybe that was part of the point.
This is a sad drama about a whole group of damaged people, who most likely never will recover or change or even get much better than they are now. Very dark and very much a drag.