Romeo San Vicente • 10-04-24
Jacob Elordi Get ready for queer romance On Swift Horses, the new dramatic feature from director Daniel Minahan (Fellow Travelers) and screenwriter Bryce Kass (Lizzie), recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The period film, based on the novel by Shannon Pufahi, follows a family settling in California in the 1950s. But get the image of ’50s heteronormativity out of your head: The story branches out into a heterosexual love triangle, a secret lesbian dalliance and a passionate gay affair.
Jacob Elordi (Saltburn) and Diego Calva (Babylon) reportedly steam up the screen with their love scenes, bouncing off the “straight” marriage of characters played by Daisy Edgar-Jones (Twisters) and Will Poulter (The Bear).
There’s no word yet on a general theatrical date but this sounds like the kind of grown-up, Oscar-friendly romantic drama (It’s a law now: At least one big Oscar movie has to be queer) that would fit right into a holiday release schedule.
