-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email 'Tis the season to listen to George Michael . This time of year, it feels like the late British musician is always playing in a never-ending loop in our minds because of the song "Last Christmas" when he was with Wham! But the holiday season is not the only reason we have been plugged into the music juggernaut's extensive discography. Halina Reijn 's new erotic thriller "Babygirl," starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson , is the latest film that has renewed interest in one of Michael's biggest hits: 1987's "Father Figure.
" Reijn's film is a meditation on psychosexual power dynamics between an influential, married tech CEO Romy (Kidman) and her 20-something intern Samuel (Dickinson) with whom she begins an affair. Near the end of the film, sexual energy in Romy and Samuel's dangerous relationship reaches new heights in a bougie hotel room rendezvous. Related The centerpiece scene of "Babygirl" cleverly redefines how we see sex and pleasure onscreen In the scene, the shirtless, tattooed Samuel seduces Romy in a soaring intimate dance as "Father Figure" plays, paralleling the actions of this dominant and suave paramour.
The scene is intercut with some kinky foreplay like Romy lapping up milk from a plate like a cat. But the camera lingers on Dickinson as Samuel grooves to Michael's lyrics, "I will be your father figure/Put your tiny hand in mine" and ends with Romy in his arms. It's a scene picking up steam online, with some people in.
