“SOULFUL AND OBSERVANT. A GRIPPING WONDER” – Los Angeles Times
“PROVOCATIVE, EXPLICIT AND ULTIMATELY TENDER” – IndieWire
“AN INTRIGUING EXPLORATION OF SEX, IDENTITY, RESTRAINT AND ABANDON” – Screen Daily
“PIERCING… SEXY… WITH A STIRRING FINISH THAT WON’T BE EASILY FORGOTTEN” – Screen Rant
“A FASCINATING SEXUAL JOURNEY ABOUT ACCEPTING ALL FACETS OF OURSELVES” – The Mercury News
“THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED AND HOTTEST QUEER FILM OF THE YEAR” – Brazilian Press
In the acclaimed queer drama Sebastian, we follow Max (Ruaridh Mollica), 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. As Max increasingly struggles to remain in control of a delicately balanced double-life, he must reckon with whether Sebastian is merely a writer’s tool in the quest for the ultimate sense of first-hand authenticity – or whether something more is at stake.
From Finnish-British writer/director Mikko Mäkelä, Sebastian is a thoughtful and deeply provocative drama about one man who uses both his body and his mind to find his place in the world.
Watch the trailer for Sebastian below and click here to pre-order your copy. The film will be available on DVD starting October 1st at TLAgay.
