Intrigue

An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London borough of Croydon.

Enn is a shy suburban London teenager in 1977, sneaking out with his best friends to after-hours punk parties. One night they stumble upon a bizarre gathering of sexy teenagers who seem like they are from another planet. In fact, they are from another planet, visiting Earth to complete a mysterious rite of passage. That doesn't stop Enn from falling madly in love with Zan, a beautiful and rebellious alien teenager who, despite her allegiance to her strange colony, is fascinated by Enn. Together they embark on a delirious adventure through the kinetic punk rock world of 1970s London, inadvertently setting off a series of events that will lead to the ultimate showdown of punks vs. aliens, and test the limits of how far each of them will go for true love.—A24 Films

Enn, John, and Vic, three rowdy friends on their way to a loud punk concert in the 1970s suburb of Croydon, London, stumble upon a bizarre house party. Crammed with people in latex outfits, they investigate, only to realise this unconventional gathering is a commune of intergalactic visitors. As Enn becomes infatuated with Zan, a rebellious teenage girl, they embark on a wild, 48-hour field trip to broaden their horizons and learn everything about "the Punk". But is a mere weekend enough for the Boy from Earth and the Girl from the other side?—Nick Riganas

John Cameron Mitchell, director of the acclaimed films Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus takes us to an exotic and unusual world: suburban London in the late 70s. Under the spell of the Sex Pistols, every teenager in the country wants to be a punk, including our hopeless hero Enn. Hearing the local punk Queen Boadicea is throwing a party, Enn crashes the fun and discovers every horny boy's dream; gorgeous foreign exchange students. When he meets the enigmatic Zan, it's lust at first sight. But these girls have come a lot further than America. They are, in fact, aliens from another galaxy, sent to Earth to prepare for a mysterious rite of passage. When the dark secret behind the rite is revealed, our galaxy-crossed lover Enn must turn to Boadicea and her punk followers for help in order to save the alien he loves from certain death. The punks take on the aliens on the streets of London, and neither Enn nor Zan's universe will ever be the same again.—Anonymous

Enn is a typical London teenager who lives off the pocket money given to him by his mother.

On their way from a noisy punk concert in the 1970s humdrum London suburb of Croydon, rowdy friends Enn, John (Ethan Lawrence), and Vic (AJ Lewis) are stumbling the streets. At the punk concert Jerry was the representative from Virgin records who was looking for fresh talent. Slap (Martin Tomlinson) is a singer in a band called Dyschords which performs on stage, but Slap gets very aggressive with Jerry, who leaves the venue, fuming. Boadicea looks like the band's manager and admonishes Slap for messing up their chance at having a record deal. Boadicea announces the venue for the after party and her gang heads there.

The 3 friends had heard the address for the after party and were looking for it. They inadvertently stumble upon something that looks like a bizarre house party, crammed with latex-clad people. Little by little, the boys discover that this unusual gathering is actually a commune of intergalactic visitors. Everyone is dressed in bizarre outfits in which their latex covers bottom half of their front and back heads. The women are stunning, and the boys have the same crew cut style. In different rooms, groups of people perform weird looking dance rituals.

Young Enn (Alex Sharp) and his best friends realize that this bizarre gathering of teenagers who are from another planet, visiting Earth to complete a mysterious rite of passage.

That doesn't stop Enn from falling madly in love with Zan (Elle Fanning), a beautiful and rebellious alien who becomes fascinated with him. Together, they embark on a delirious adventure through the kinetic, punk rock world of 1970s London, inadvertently setting off a series of events that leads to the ultimate showdown between punks and aliens.

Queen Boadicea (Nicole Kidman) is an old-school punk who manages the local punk hangout. PT Stella (Ruth Wilson) is one of the alien leaders. PT Wain (Matt Lucas) is the other one. PT Waldo (Tom Brooke), Zan's parent is also an alien leader. Vic is taken by Stella to her room upstairs, presumably to have sex. Stella takes Vic to a secluded room, makes him remove all his clothes and then proceeds to shove a finger up his behind sensuously. Enn meets a girl named Wain who shows how she has 1 split finger in her hand and says that she manifested imperfectly.

Enn then comes across a group of people with Zan in it, who discuss how the tour will not include the usual London sights due to the Queen's birthday celebrations but rather would have a curated list of experiences in the local community of Croydon. Zan does not seem very pleased with the developments. Zan says that they are behaving like tourists than travelers and says that they should be like Stella and really participate.

Zan comes out of the room and meets Enn. Enn intrigues Zan with his talk about Punk rock bands. Zan finds out that Enn is a local and not an alien. Zan says that she arrived that morning and this is the last stop on their tour. To enrage her leaders, Zan starts to kiss Enn. This is when Vic arrives (after escaping Stella) and makes Enn and John leave with him.

Zan meets Enn outside of the house. She wants Enn to show her the world, as their own alien itinerary sounds very boring to her. She says that she ran away from her colony and has 48 hours with Enn.

Enn takes her to his home, where Zan meets his mother Marion (Joanna Scanlan), who likes her. Waldo enters Marion's body and asks Zan to return to the colony. But Zan is determined to have the unique experiences, which is what the universe tour is all about. Zan gives Enn her colony ring and tells him that she will never leave him.

PT First (Edward Petherbridge), is the alien supreme leader. Waldo conducts a vote in her presence, with fellow elders and it is decided to shun Zan from the colony. Zan is a big fan of the punk, so Enn takes her to meet Boadicea. Boadicea misunderstands when Zan says she has been a star, and she introduces Zan as a singer at her local punk-house that night. Enn saves her, by joining her on stage and both sing a song about alien rituals.

After the song, Zan tells Enn that the next day her colony will exit with the alien leaders eating the children. Enn thinks that Zan is in some mass suicide pact. The entire alien colony comes to the punk-house and Waldo tells Zan that she is danger of being left behind, if she doesn't come back. First tells Zan that she is with child. Zan comes to her senses and goes back.

Enn is helpless and begs Bodicea for help to get Zan back. Bodicea enlists all of her punk followers who attack the alien colony. But First intervenes and puts every human to sleep, but Enn is not affected. Waldo proposes that the aliens should do away with the child eating ceremony. But First says that that is the only to keep population under control, else every species simply consumes their planet. Enn counters first by saying that humans may have cocked up Earth, but at least they are alive.

The leaders vote to abolish child eating, but it's a deadlock. Until Waldo reveals that Zan is also pregnant & is entitled to a vote. First agrees, but says that to exercise her vote, Zan must give birth, for which she has to exit and if she exits, she can't return. Zan decides to leave after a tearful goodbye to Enn, as she can secure the future of her entire race by using her vote.

15 years later, Enn is a graphic artist and has published a book which is a bestseller. One day he is doing a book signing when a bunch of teenagers come and introduce themselves to Enn. Enn recognizes them as Zan's kids and is tearful that she remembered him.