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PAYING FOR IT

DIRECTED BY SOOK-YIN LEE

COMEDY | 2024 |85'| CANADA | ENGLISH

SYNOPSIS

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. Adapted from the acclaimed alternative-cartoonist Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel, PAYING FOR IT is a comedy about love, sex and non-monogamy for adults.

DIRECTOR: Sook-Yin Lee

PRODUCERS: Matt Code, Aeschylus Poulos, Sonya Di Rienzo

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Dan Beirne, John Cameron Mitchell

STARRING: Emily Lê, Dan Beirne​​, ​Andrea Werhun​​

PRODUCTION COMPAGNY: Wildling Pictures, Hawkeye Pictures

​COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION: Canada​​

LANGUAGE: ​English

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Gayle Ye​

EDITOR: Anna Catley

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FESTIVALS 

WORLD PREMIERE 

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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KOSMORAMA TRONDHEIM

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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GALLERY

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