Pillion Film UK Premiere Date

About This Film

Sky Cinema Friday Premiere – Pillion is a romantic dark comedy drama film written and directed by Harry Lighton, based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones. The film stars Harry Melling as a timid gay man and Alexander Skarsgård as an enigmatic biker who start a BDSM relationship.

It is a quiet, character-driven drama centered on masculinity, intimacy, and control within an unconventional relationship. The story follows a shy, somewhat directionless young man (Melling) who becomes involved with a confident and dominant biker (Skarsgard). As he is drawn deeper into this new world, he takes on the role of the “pillion” (the passenger on a motorcycle), both literally and metaphorically. What begins as an exciting escape gradually turns into a complex emotional dynamic shaped by power, dependence, and identity. The film explores themes of vulnerability, self-discovery, and the tension between submission and autonomy, all with a restrained, introspective tone.