PAYING FOR IT
Year
2024
Runtime
85 mins
Language
English
Alberta Premiere
PAYING FOR IT is a live-action adaptation of Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel. In the late 90s, Chester and Sonny are a long-term, committed, romantic couple. When Sonny wants to redefine their relationship, Chester, an introverted cartoonist, starts sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process.
It’s no small feat to adapt a memoir of your long-time friend and partner into a film, however, Sook-Yin Lee (YEAR OF THE CARNIVORE, OCTAVIO IS DEAD) makes PAYING FOR IT a must-see addition to this year’s lineup.
Countries
Canada- Festivals
- Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival
- Director
- Sook-Yin Lee
- Executive Producer
- Dan Beirne, John Cameron Mitchell
- Producer
- Matt Code, Sonya Di Rienzo, Aeschylus Poulos
- Screenwriter
- Joanne Sarazen, Sook-Yin Lee
- Cinematographer
- Gayle Ye
- Editor
- Anna Catley
- Music
- Dylan Gamble
- Cast
- Dan Beirne, Emily Lê, Andrea Werhun