Director : MIKKO MAKELA
Cast : RUARIDH MOLLICA, JONATHAN HYDE
United Kingdom, Finland | 2024 | 110 mins
In English & French with English subtitles (French part)
Gay, Drama
* Sundance Film Festival
* BFI London Film Festival
* Hong Kong Premiere
Schedules
13/9/2025 (Sat) 7:40pm β PREMIERE ELEMENTS
20/9/2025 (Sat) 7:30pm β PREMIERE ELEMENTS
Synopsis
Voted by lndieWire as one of the 25 LGBTQ+ filmmakers to watch out for, Finnish writer-director Mikko Makela returns to the big screen with a candid reflection of being young and gay in modern-day London. The charming and handsome Ruaridh Mollica plays 24-year-old aspiring novelist Max, whose lust for success leads him to live a double life: magazine writer by day and sex worker Sebastian by night. What begins as research for his debut novel quickly unravels into an adventitious journey of self-discovery and liberation, challenging Max to face his real identity and societal conventions as his two worlds collide. Packed with heady sex scenes, Makela’s sophomore feature is a tender and unaffected exploration of creativity, sexuality, and personal growth.
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