Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- intimate
- rapturous
- melancholic
- quiet evening
- arthouse film night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Rachel is an older married woman who begins a rapturous affair with teenage Flynn.
Rachel volunteers for the land army after her husband is called to arms.
The central affair violates Rachel’s marriage and conventional expectations surrounding an adult woman and a teenage boy.
Rachel’s husband’s military service creates the separation that enables the central relationship.
Films like The Devil in the Flesh, and why
The Go-Between
shares a restrained period setting, forbidden desire, and socially constrained romance involving an older woman and a younger man
Atonement
shares wartime separation, romantic idealism, moral transgression, and emotionally charged period drama
The Reader
shares an age-disparate relationship, sexual secrecy, and morally uneasy postwar romance
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
shares marital absence, forbidden passion, rural period atmosphere, and female sexual awakening
Movie Details
- Director
- Oscar Wenman-Hyde
- Release Date
- 2026-06-06
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Rating
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
Cast
- Elizabeth Grace
- Henry Fisk
- Andrew Rolfe
- Nicola Wright
- Alina Tamara
- LaToya Harding
- Steevan Glover
- Holden M N Smith
- Charlie Bentley
Common questions
- What is The Devil in the Flesh about?
- A married land-army volunteer risks social and emotional ruin when wartime loneliness ignites an intense affair with a teenage boy.
- What is The Devil in the Flesh like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Devil in the Flesh as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Devil in the Flesh violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Devil in the Flesh.
- Which films are like The Devil in the Flesh?
- Films with a similar feel include The Go-Between, Atonement, The Reader, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
- How long is The Devil in the Flesh?
- The Devil in the Flesh runs 73 minutes.
