Worth a gamble

DAISY EDGAR- JONES, JACOB ELORDI AND WILL POULTER STAR IN ROMANTIC PERIOD DRAMA WHERE CHARACTERS RISK EVERYTHING IN THE PURSUIT OF FORBIDDEN LOVE

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SECRETS and lies breed like rabbits in On Swift Horses, a sensitively handled portrait of conflicted morality and repressed desires, adapted by screenwriter Bryce Kass from Shannon Pufahl’s novel.

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi and Will Poulter headline the slow-burning romantic drama set in the immediate aftermath of the Korean War, when same sex relationships were conducted behind closed doors to avoid violent repercussions and damning moral judgment.

“We're all just a hair's breadth away from losing everything, all the time,’ whispers one affected character as she sits motionless in a bar surrounded by other patrons holding their breaths, listening intently to the sound of a police raid hammering on the establishment’s front door, angrily demanding entry.