Paris-based Loco Movies has hooked up Paying For It, an adaptation of Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel from Canadian director Shuxian Lee (“Octavio is Useless!”). The movie had its world premiere on the Toronto Movie Pageant within the Competitors Platform part.
The live-action movie is co-written by Lee Sarazen and Joanne Sarazen (“Backspot,” “Tammy’s At all times Dying”) and stars Dan Beirne (“Two Tenth Century, Priscilla), rising actor Emily Lê (Riceboy Sleeps) and acclaimed activist, author and performer Andrea Werhun (Trendy Whore, Flourishing: A Dissociated Reverie”).
The movie explores grownup themes of affection, intercourse and non-monogamy. Set within the late ’90s, the story revolves round introverted comedian Chester, who begins sleeping with a intercourse employee and discovers a brand new type of intimacy when his girlfriend, Sonny, decides to redefine their dedicated relationship.
“Paying For It” is produced by Matt Code of Wildling Photos, whose credit embody “See for Me,” “Mary Goes Spherical” and the upcoming “Younger Veer”; and Sonya Dee Lee of “Hawkeye.” Enzo (“Brothers,” “The Younger Arsonists,” “The Gamers”) and Aeschylus Poulos (“Mr. Gown Up,” “Brothers,” “Sleeping Large”) Photos; in Canada With the participation of Telefilm Canada, Ontario Creates, in partnership with Bell Media’s Crave and CBC Movies. Co-producers are Natalie Urquhart (Fits, Stardust) and Lee; govt producers are Dan Byrne and John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Offended Inch, Quick bus”).
The movie is shot by Emmy Award winner Gail Ye (“You Can Dwell Perpetually,” “Bria Mack Will get Life”) and Olivia De Oliveira (“Goals Are a Personal Factor,” “Feminine Fermentation”) serves as manufacturing designer), with costume design by Cameron Lee (“Near You”) and enhancing by Anna Catelli (“We Forgot to Break Up,” “Infinity Pool”). Dylan Gamble and Lee from the band Sizzling Rubbish composed the unique rating.
Paying For It brings collectively comedians, performing artists, writers, activists and multimedia creators each in entrance of and behind the digicam.
Right here’s the trailer for “Pay the Worth”:
