Our life without sex: "I love our relationship, it's so healthy, there's less pressure"

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More than two years after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States, the film Slow was released this Wednesday, August 6. Directed by Lithuanian Marija Kavtaradze, it tells the story of Elena's budding romance with Dovydas, who comes out as asexual: he feels little or no sexual attraction. While this film is fiction, it is the reality that the 12% of French people who identify as asexual in 2024, according to an Ifop survey, may face. This is particularly the case for Elody, 35, who is in a relationship with Léa, 25.

Léa: “After Elo came out, it took about six months to adjust. And in the end, the balance came quite naturally. When I felt frustrated—I felt a lot at first—I talked to him about it. Then I treated myself, and it passed. It only lasted a few minutes, so I quickly realized that it wasn’t very debilitating for me. I learned to listen to myself, to know my body.”

Elody: "I can see that she's frustrated at first, but she doesn't seem