Monday, June 24, 6:00 PM, Vogue Theatre
not available in the Digital Screening Room streaming encore
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| Sebastian |
Max is an up-and-coming writer, freelancing for a literary magazine and working on his first novel. He lists himself on an app for escorts and begins taking clients under the name Sebastian, and then writing Sebastian’s experiences for the novel. As Max goes deeper into Sebastian’s world, which eventually, inevitably collides with Max’s world, his writing draws the attention of a publishing house interested in the novel, but he also finds the line between himself and his alter ego beginning to get a bit fuzzy. He also discovers aspects of sex work that he had never anticipated. Max/Sebastian is never shown in a sensationalist light, but a tender portrayal imbued with compassion and nuance. Highly recommended.
Previous Frameline entry: A Moment in the Reeds (Tämä Hetki Kaislikossa) (2018, Frameline42)
note: there is also a Finnish former professional ice hockey player named Mikko Mäkelä
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