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When hard-working single father Luke stumbles across an underground nightclub, he meets Aysha, a beautiful, seductive woman. Their first kiss yields fireworks — which are immediately followed by Luke’s sobering realization that Aysha is not the cisgender woman he thought, but a remarkably femme drag queen. Unable to deny the spark between them the pair are forced down the unexpected path of transformation, where they must question their identities and confront their individual truths.

Release Date : 2024-07-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Cambridge Picture CompanyChromatic Aberration ProductionsFilm i VästFilmgate FilmsMaven Screen MediaNotorious ProdsRiver Road Entertainment

Production Country : SwedenUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Luke

Original Name : Ben Hardy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aysha / Ashiq

Original Name : Jason Patel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Faiz

Original Name : Sagar Radia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hammad

Original Name : Michael Karim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shamim

Original Name : Nisha Nayar

Gender : Female

Character Name : Emma

Original Name : Hannah Onslow

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charlie

Original Name : Kate Lindsey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gary

Original Name : Grant Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zina

Original Name : Val The Brown Queen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jamie

Original Name : Taylor Sullivan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Karen

Original Name : Ali Afzal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Danny

Original Name : Dan Linney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amy

Original Name : Karen Sampford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rehana

Original Name : Saba Shiraz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Superfan

Original Name : Aqeel Torres

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michelle

Original Name : Harrie Dobby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs Harris

Original Name : Karen Bartholomew

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janine

Original Name : Jenny O'Leary

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harvey

Original Name : Charlie Dilon-Maynard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Poppy

Original Name : Madelyn Smedley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bolly

Original Name : Anthony Pius

Gender : Male

Character Name : Devi

Original Name : Adeel Ahmed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Imran

Original Name : Ravin J. Ganatra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse Nicholson

Original Name : Angela Phinnimore

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-06-14

"Luke" (Ben Hardy) stumbles upon a bar where the largely young and beautiful Asian clientele are enjoying a dazzling performance on stage from "Aysha" (Jason Patel). Despite the fact that he's only just got laid in a field, he's captivated by her and so when she comes to say hello after her routine, he is quite besotted. Thing is - well those Adam's Apples - they are a dead giveaway and "Luke" flees in polite terror, but terror nonetheless. This leaves "Aysha" with a problem, though, as her possessive pal "Faiz" (Sagar Radia) goes off in a strop leaving her without a lift to a lucrative gig in Birmingham. She was also a bit smitten by "Luke" so tracks him down to the garage he works in with his father, and offers him £200 to be her chauffeur. Reluctant, he remembers that he has promised is son "Jamie" (Taylor Sullivan) a trip to Disneyland, and that's not going to pay for itself. The journey isn't really that far, but when a few other drag queens cadge a lift, too - well, let's just say that "Luke" gets a look at a culture he's never experienced before. The plot itself is fairly predictable, not dissimilar to "Femme" from last year, but there's a fun degree of chemistry between Hardy and Patel that maybe a little too simplistically, but still entertainingly, both challenges and reinforces stereotypes. What's eminently clear is that "Ashiq" is an unhappy and unfulfilled man who comes alive when his alter ego takes over, but is there any future at all in a friendship quite so viscerally at odds. It's tightly cast, and works best when it's just the two lead actors engagingly messing about, getting to know and trust each other and, well... who knows? To be fair, it doesn't need a cinema screening but it is an amiable, occasionally bitchy, film and I quite enjoyed it.