There are not many romances featuring asexual characters, but the disarming Lithuanian film, "Slow," screening at the Sundance Film Festival (in person and online) sets a gold standard. This moving drama has Elena (Greta Grineviciute), a dancer, falling for Dovydas (Kestutis Cicenas), a handsome sign-language interpreter. As they get to know each other casually, he blurts out that he is asexual — specifying that he is not attracted to anyone sexually. This rocks Elena's world a bit; she meets up with her ex, Vilius (PIjus Ganusaukas), in an almost knee-jerk response.
"He is not repulsed by sex, as some asexual people are. We say clearly that he is not like that. He just doesn't want it or need it."
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