‘If you can’t understand what sex is, it’s irrelevant if you seem to be enjoying it’: how Queen at Sea upended the dementia drama

Lance Hammer’s first film in 18 years is a heart-wrenching masterpiece about family, mental decline and sexual consent.

He and supporting actor Juliette Binoche discuss how they brought unabashed realism to a condition rarely seen on screen The first time we see Martin and Leslie, the elderly couple at the centre of Lance Hammer’s wrenching new film, Queen at Sea, they are walking together up a set of stone steps: one of their regular outings,…