Year: 2012
Running time: 101 min.
Country: United States
Director: Ira Sachs
Screenwriter: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias
Cinematography: Thimios Bakatatakis
Cast: Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson, Souleymane Sy Savane, Paprika Steen
Producer: Parts and Labor, Tiny Dancer Films
Genre: Drama. Romance | Gay & Lesbian. Friendship. Drugs. 1990s. Romantic Drama. Independent Film (US)
Synopsis: It's 1997 and New York City is in a state of intense flux when documentary filmmaker Erik Rothman (Thure Lindhardt) first meets Paul Lucy (Zachary Booth), a handsome but closeted lawyer in the publishing field. What begins as a highly charged first encounter soon becomes something much more, and a relationship quickly develops. As the two men start building a home and life together, each continues to privately battle their own compulsions and addictions. A film about sex, friendship, intimacy and most of all, love, Keep the Lights On takes an honest look at the nature of relationships in our times.
