A sensual voyage of discovery and desire unfolds as three young people explore intimacy and melancholy in Paris.
Intimate and dreamlike. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
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Nothing past what an NC-17 promises: strong sex and nudity, and some violence.
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When Isabelle and Theo invite Matthew to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and everything is possible.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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