In this liberal age, few French dramas arrive in British cinemas with an 18 certificates. It appears it was a protracted, impressively energetic intercourse scene that includes German actor Franz Rogowski and Paddington star Ben Whishaw that spurred the British censors into motion.

Although under no circumstances gratuitous (right here the intercourse is kind of the plot), it might have traumatised younger followers of the marmalade scoffing bear.

As it is a French movie (though about half the dialogue is in English), each main males have glamorous jobs.

Rogowski is Tomas, an excellent younger movie director who lives in Paris along with his English artist husband Martin (Whishaw).

Martin goes house early from the wrap celebration for Tomas’s film, leaving his husband dancing with a younger trainer known as Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos).

The subsequent morning Tomas arrives house and drops a bombshell.

“I had sex with a woman. Can I tell you about it, please?” he says excitedly whereas Martin is making an attempt to complete off a croissant.

For the remainder of the movie, it turns into clear that Tomas appears to need to have his crescent formed bread roll and eat it too. He continues sleeping with Agathe however tries to maintain his husband in reserve.

Slowly a barely poisonous relationship turns into one thing totally venomous.

Passages, Cert 18, In cinemas now