With ‘Fair Play,’ Director Chloe Domont Creates the Kind of Steamy, Psycho-Sexual Thriller We Haven’t Seen Since the ’90s
variety.comChloe Domont sat behind an audience watching her debut film, ‘Fair Play,’ at the Sundance Film Festival in January, her eyes were locked on the 80-something-year-old man sitting in front of her. “There’s no way he’s the target audience,” she thought. “I hope I don’t give this man a heart attack.” It’s not a crazy concern.
The film’s opening sequence unfolds in the bathroom of a wedding as two guests sneak away to have sex, not realizing their mid-reception quickie will be grossly betrayed by a mess of menstrual blood.
It’s funny, shocking and maybe a little terrifying to imagine the racy scene playing out in front of someone who could be your grandfather.
Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich star in “Fair Play,” a rare film with substance and style and wit to match the flash, about a young couple who keep their relationship secret because they work together at a rule-bound, cutthroat hedge fund run by a sociopathic boss (Eddie Marsan) and his cohort of toxic bros.
Read more on variety.com