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02/08/2024 Drama 1h 50m
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Overview

Max is a 25-year-old freelance writer and aspiring novelist who seems well on his way to success in London’s cultural spheres. Yet by night, he finds a different kind of exhilaration as a sex worker with the pseudonym Sebastian, meeting men via an escorting platform. Max uses his experiences as Sebastian to fuel his stories and the worthy debut novel that he has been longing to write, finally seems within reach.

  1. Mikko Mäkelä

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Ruaridh Mollica

    Max

  2. Hiftu Quasem

    Amna

  3. Jonathan Hyde

    Nicholas

  4. Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

    Daniel

  5. Dylan Brady

    Joel

  6. Pedro Minas

    Oliver

  7. Matthias Moret

    Jacopo

  8. Akbar Kurtha

    Samir

  9. Laurent Maria

    Carlo

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Reviews

A review by Brent Marchant
Written by Brent Marchant on 2024-10-06
Authors striving for authenticity in their work often engage in extensive background research, sometimes of a firsthand nature, to get things right. However, when it comes to writer-director Mikko Mäkelä’s second (and inexplicably much-applauded) feature, I have some serious reservations about its applicability here. This tale of a talented young London-based author of award-winning short stories and magazine pieces is embarking on his first novel, an inside exposé of the lives of gay male sex workers. To find out what these experiences are like, the ambitious emerging wordsmith, Max Will...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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