On Swift Horses

Main Cast 🎭 Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Diego Calva, Will Poulter

🎬 "On Swift Horses" (2025) is a beautifully shot, slow-burning exploration of repressed passion set against the backdrop of 1950s America. The story follows Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a young bride building a quiet life in California with her husband Lee (Will Poulter) after his return from the Korean War. Their domestic stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s brother, Julius (Jacob Elordi), a magnetic and wayward gambler.When Julius leaves for the neon lights of Las Vegas, the film splits into two parallel journeys of self-discovery. Julius enters a dangerous world of card sharks and finds a forbidden connection with a casino coworker, Henry (Diego Calva). Meanwhile, Muriel discovers a hidden talent for horse racing and begins to explore her own secret desires back home. The film captures the "invisible" history of the era—the lives lived in the shadows of the "American Dream." It is a story about the gamble of being oneself when the stakes are everything you own.