"The whole movie is basically about, on the one hand, I want to be normal, I want to be the woman you like, I want to be a white-picket fence, I want to be a robot. I don't want to be strange and awkward and weird and authentic. And then, on the other hand, all I want is to be authentic. That kind of conflict in any human being - where you want to do what society expects you to do, but yet you want to be your strange and unique self - that is at the core of this movie," writer/director Reijn told IndieWire in a recent interview.
"We take sexuality as a metaphor for that. Sexuality is something we are all obsessed with that is the reason we are, but that also is surrounded by shame, especially in the straight world."
Romy's character is complex, having grown up in a free-thinking cult, which influenced her rigid adult life. The movie explores her internal struggle with her desires and societal expectations.
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