
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

FESTIVALS
WORLD PREMIERE
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

KOSMORAMA TRONDHEIM
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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