Director Claude PĆ©rĆØs invites actor Marcel Schlutt to come over to his apartment and have sex with him on camera. With no script, no film crew and no boundaries, PĆ©rĆØs poses questions about sex and sexuality to Schlutt whilst the too dance around getting intimate with one another. Neither man has met prior to the filmed encounter and both are free to leave at any time.
Unfaithful is a rather odd release that mixes the boundaries of art house film and pornography. The title actually means nothing at all in the context of the film and thereās no clarity by the end as to why PĆ©rĆØs has given it that name. What PĆ©rĆØs clearly set out to do was to make an engaging, throught-provoking documentary that pushes the boundaries of expectation. What he ends up making is a poorly lit, at times very dull and often self-indulgent, waste of time.
Whilst Magic Mike managed to make hot men stripping incredibly boring, Unfaithful makes two hot guys having sex even duller. Part of the problem is that PĆ©rĆØs insists on asking mundane questions to Schlutt but he does it in a way that suggests heās offering some profound insight into sexuality. At one point he declares that the film āis not about sexā but if thatās truly the case then what is the actual point?
Thereās no denying that Marcel Schlutt is a very attractive man. Heās best-known for gay movies such as Locked Up and Alex and Leo, and heās very easy on the eye. Itās a little uncomfortable though to watch Schlutt playing with himself whilst PĆ©rĆØs acts as a voyeur complimenting him. Itās like weāve been given an insight into a celebrity sex tape yet the actual sex feels very pedestrian and boring.
Unfaithful is a film that raises more questions than it answers. Whilst there is some titillation to be had enjoying the two menās naked bodies, much of the action takes place with odd camera angles or in near darkness so you canāt actually see whatās going on. Whatever PĆ©rĆØsā intention was with this film we donāt think he achieved it and thatās a shame. This could have been boundary pushing stuff but instead itās a bit like a bad sex tape with forced self-indulgent commentary throughout.