Release Date: July 18th, 2012
Director: Ira Sachs
Writers: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias
Actors: Aylam Orian, David Anzuelo, Ed Vassallo, Julianne Nicholson, Justin Reinsilber, Maria Dizzia, Miguel del Toro, Paprika Steen, Sebastian La Cause, Souleymane Sy Savane, Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official site: keepthelightsonfilm.com
It’s 1997 and New York City is in a state of intense flux when documentary filmmaker Erik Rothman (Thure Lindhardt) first meets Paul Lucy (Zachary Booth), a handsome but closeted lawyer in the publishing field. What begins as a highly charged first encounter soon becomes something much more, and a relationship quickly develops. As the two men start building a home and life together, each continues to privately battle their own compulsions and addictions. A film about sex, friendship, intimacy and most of all, love, Keep the Lights On takes an honest look at the nature of relationships in our times.Telling a story that spans a decade, “Keep the Lights On” begins in 1997, when documentary filmmaker Erik Rothman (Thure Lindhardt) first meets Paul Lucy (Zachary Booth), a closeted and handsome lawyer in the publishing field. What begins as a highly charged first encounter, however, soon becomes something much more, and a relationship develops. Though the two men quickly move in and start building a home together, each continues to privately battle their own compulsions and addictions. A film about sex, friendship, intimacy, and most of all, love, “Keep the Lights On” is a film that looks honestly – with the lights on — at the nature of relationships in our times.
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