The Retreat

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Renee and Valerie leave the city for a rural getaway with friends, hoping that time together will ease the strain in their relationship. The…Read more +Read less −

Renee and Valerie leave the city for a rural getaway with friends, hoping that time together will ease the strain in their relationship. The isolated property initially promises privacy, but missing hosts and unsettling signs around the grounds turn that promise into a warning. Before the couple can understand what has happened, they become targets of people who see their sexuality as a reason to hunt them. Survival demands quick decisions and a level of trust their relationship has recently struggled to sustain. Renee and Valerie must read an unfamiliar landscape, confront the people pursuing them and keep one another alive. Their escape depends on turning the knowledge they have of each other into a source of strength under extreme pressure.

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Sapphic characters & cast

Tommie-Amber Pirie

as Renee

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Sarah Allen

as Valerie

Main sapphic character

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Details & credits

Country: Canada, United States
Language: English
Premiere: 2021-05-21
Runtime: 82 minutes
Director: Pat Mills

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Last researched 2026-10-28. Editorially approved.

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