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Sebastian
Max (Ruaridh Mollica) is a 25-year-old aspiring novelist, living in London and paying his dues working at a literary magazine. Frustrated by his own ambitions and the pressures to succeed, Max begins moonlighting as a sex worker with the pseudonym Se... more
Max (Ruaridh Mollica) is a 25-year-old aspiring novelist, living in London and paying his dues working at a literary magazine. Frustrated by his own ambitions and the pressures to succeed, Max begins moonlighting as a sex worker with the pseudonym Sebastian, secretly meeting men via an escorting platform and using his experiences to fuel his stories. What begins as a few furtive meetings soon becomes a hidden nocturnal life, and the debut novel that he has been longing to write finally seems within reach.Finding himself more comfortable as Sebastian than expected, yet determined to keep his exploits a secret, Max increasingly struggles to remain in control of a delicately balanced double-life. As he confronts conflicting feelings of ecstasy, shame, and exhilarating liberation, Max has to reckon with whether Sebastian is merely a writer's tool to achieve first-hand authenticity - or whether something more is at stake.
MPAA RATING:
RUN TIME: 110 minutes
RELEASE DATE: August 2, 2024
STARRING: Ruaridh Mollica , Hiftu Quasem , Ingvar Sigurðsson , Jonathan Hyde , Laurent Maria
DIRECTOR(S): Mikko Makela
PRODUCER(S): James Watson (II), Aleksi Bardy
WRITER(S): Mikko Makela
STUDIO: Kino Lorber Films
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