Dutch writer-director Halina Reijn has made a BDSM film rife with fumbling uncertainty, and anchored by two ferociously committed performances from Kidman and Harris Dickinson

Babygirl follows tech CEO Romy, who allows her desire to be dominated see her engage in a messy yet hot workplace affair with new intern Samuel (Dickinson), risking her happy home life with Jacob (Banderas) and their two daughters.

Film critic Emma Jones tells us why Nicole Kidman's latest role – as an executive who embarks on an affair with her intern – is perhaps more shocking for a Hollywood audience than a European one. Her performance in "Babygirl" won Kidman the best actress prize at the Venice Film Festival;