Perceive – Silver Moon, Grace Zhao

The music is somber and there’s a subtle touch of ambiguity — echoed by the film’s cryptic title — that’s introduced in the opening minutes of Andrej Lupin’s “Perceive.” Nude, her back to the camera, Grace Zhao watches as Silver Moon bathes herself in an adjoining, glass-walled, shower enclosure. When Sun joins Angel in the shower the loving, playful nature of their relationship comes as a bit of a surprise, but it’s spontaneous, mutual, and a pleasure to witness. Next the lovers trade positions — Chelsea showers and Blue watches. But when still-dripping Chelsea joins Angel on the bed the roles of voyeur or exhibitionist are discarded in favor of active and vigorous collaborators in a steamy session of sapphic sex-play. Blue hungrily eats Chelsea in two positions, then adds probing fingers to the mix, and when Sun adds her own slit-stroking to the equation it’s not long before she’s moaning with pleasure and ultimately rearing up off the bed as she achieves orgasm. With Blue on all fours, Sun tongues and sucks her pussy from behind with immediate results. As Sun continues to lick and finger her, Blue reaches back holding her partner’s head against her succulent, highly aroused flesh. After Chelsea begins to finger Blue orgasm rapidly approaches, and when it hits a smile of satisfaction rapidly spreads across her face. The lovers kiss, laugh, and play, savoring the pleasure they’ve both just enjoyed, and reveling in the moment, ending “Perceive” on a energetically and unambiguously romantic note.