Keep the Lights On
- Released on
- Runtime
- 102 mins
Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers — compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity and to be true to himself.
Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers — compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity and to be true to himself.
Cast
- Thure Lindhardt
- Zachary Booth
- Julianne Nicholson
- Souléymane Sy Savané
- Justin Reinsilber
- Ed Vassallo
- Paprika Steen
- Marilyn Neimark
- Sebastian La Cause
- Sarah Hess
- Roberta Kirshbaum
- Jamie Petrone
- Maria Dizzia
- Stella Schnabel
- Jodie Markell
- James Bidgood
- John Michael Cox Jr.
- Henry Arango
- Agosto Machado
- Miguel Flatow
- Calder Kusmierski Singer
- Shane Stackpole
- Christopher Lenk
- Todd Verow
Director
- Ira Sachs
Producers
- Marie Therese Guirgis
- Lucas Joaquin
- Ira Sachs