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Sebastian

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In Theaters: August 2, 2024

On DVD/Blu-ray: October 1, 2024

Drama | 1h 50m

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 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.

Cast: Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Jonathan Hyde, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Stella Gonet, Leanne Best
Director: Mikko Mäkelä
Studio: Kino Lorber
Producer(s): James Watson
Writer(s): Mikko Mäkelä
Official Site: kinolorber.com/film/sebastian