Our Sexless Life: “She Comes Close to Me and Says, ‘I Want to Kiss You’”

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More than two years after its presentation at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States, the film Slow is released in French theaters this Wednesday, August 6. Directed by Lithuanian Marija Kavtaradze, it tells the story of Elena's budding romance with Dovydas, who comes out as asexual: he feels little or no sexual attraction. While this film is fiction, it is the reality that the 12 % of French people who declare themselves asexual in 2024, according to an Ifop survey, may face. This is particularly the case for Elody, 35, who is in a relationship with Léa, 25. In this episode, the latter recounts the love at first sight that turned her life upside down.

“In March 2021, when I arrived at the driving school where Elo worked, I had been in a relationship for almost two years with a boy, Louis (1). We lived together, everything was going well between us, so much so that we talked about babies and engagements. For me, it was a done deal that