Below Her Mouth (2016): When Desire Erupts, the Truth Canβt Be Contained
Below Her Mouth (2016) is not just a love story β itβs a storm of sensation, identity, and unfiltered intimacy. Reimagined as a bold, lyrical journey of self-awakening, this film explores passion not as fantasy, but as an undeniable truth that forces two lives to collide and combust.
Set in the sleek shadows of downtown Toronto, the film follows Jasmine (Natalie Krill), a successful fashion editor engaged to a dependable man, living a life curated for stability, not fulfillment. But everything unravels the night she meets Dallas (Erika Linder), a magnetic roofer with a past as textured as the city skyline she climbs daily. Their first encounter is electric. Their chemistry? Instant. But what begins as a physical spark turns into an emotional wildfire neither of them can control.
Directed with fearless vulnerability, this version of Below Her Mouth leans more into the charactersβ emotional terrain than raw eroticism. It dares to ask: What happens when we stop living the lives we were told to want β and start chasing the ones we feel?
Erika Linder is a revelation as Dallas β rough-edged but tender, a woman who has loved and lost and isnβt afraid to start over, even when it hurts. Natalie Krill delivers a nuanced, deeply affecting performance as Jasmine, torn between a world that feels safe and a truth that feels right. Their scenes together burn with intensity, yes β but also with trust, hesitation, and the ache of rediscovery.
Visually, the film is bathed in warm shadows, golden morning light, and neon reflections β creating a visual language that speaks to the intimacy of two people building a private world inside a city that never stops watching. The soundtrack, pulsing with indie and ambient tones, follows the rhythm of breath, heartbeats, and unsaid things.
Where some might see scandal, Below Her Mouth finds freedom. Itβs not about labels or rebellion β itβs about honesty. In bodies, in love, and in the terrifying beauty of letting someone see you completely.
Rating: 8.6/10 β Bold, tender, and unapologetically raw. Below Her Mouth doesnβt ask for permission to feel β it simply does. And in doing so, it leaves behind something rare: a love story that refuses to be tamed.
