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Max (Ruaridh Mollica) is a 25-year-old aspiring novelist, living in London and paying his dues working at a literary magazine. Frustrated by his own ambitions and the pressures to succeed, Max begins moonlighting as a sex worker with the pseudonym Sebastian, secretly meeting men via an escorting platform and using his experiences to fuel his stories. What begins as a few furtive meetings soon becomes a hidden nocturnal life, and the debut novel that he has been longing to write finally seems within reach.
Finding himself more comfortable as Sebastian than expected, yet determined to keep his exploits a secret, Max increasingly struggles to remain in control of a delicately balanced double-life. As he confronts conflicting feelings of ecstasy, shame, and exhilarating liberation, Max has to reckon with whether Sebastian is merely a writer’s tool to achieve first-hand authenticity – or whether something more is at stake.
Original Release
08/02/2024
US Release
08/02/2024
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ruaridh Mollica | Max |
Hiftu Quasem | Amna |
Jonathan Hyde | Nicholas |
Ingvar Sigurdsson | Daniel |
Dylan Brady | Joel |
Pedro Minas | Oliver |
Matthias Moret | Jacopo |
Akbar Kurtha | Samir |
Laurent Maria | Carlo |
Lara Rossi | Claudia |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ruaridh Mollica | Max |
Hiftu Quasem | Amna |
Jonathan Hyde | Nicholas |
Ingvar Sigurdsson | Daniel |
Dylan Brady | Joel |
Pedro Minas | Oliver |
Matthias Moret | Jacopo |
Akbar Kurtha | Samir |
Laurent Maria | Carlo |
Lara Rossi | Claudia |
Michael Jean-Marain | James |
David Nellist | Peter |
Leanne Best | Dionne |
Stella Gonet | Anne |
Marcus Macleod | Stuart |
Jamie Melrose | Rebecca |
Tom Hall | Derek |
Orlando Norman | Theo |
Peter Collins | Vernon |
Selina Boyack | Gloria |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mariyah Dosani | Executive Producer |
Lizzie Francke | Executive Producer |
Mike Goodridge | Executive Producer |
Philippa Nicholl | Executive Producer |
Jennifer Armitage | Executive Producer |
Ari Tolppanen | Executive Producer |
Niki Leskinen | Executive Producer |
Aleksi Bardy | Producer |
Ciara Barry | Producer |
David Claikens | Producer |
Rosie Crerar | Producer |
Marie-Elena Dyche | Producer |
Erik Glijnis | Producer |
Severi Koivusalo | Producer |
Leontine Petit | Producer |
Dries Phlypo | Producer |
Alex Verbaere | Producer |
James Robert Benjamin Watson | Producer |