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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.

FESTIVALS 

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WORLD PREMIERE 

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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TROMSO

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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​​

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PRODUCTION COMPAGNY: 

Wildling Pictures

Hawkeye Pictures

​COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION:

Canada​​

LANGUAGE: ​

English

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY:

Gayle Ye​

EDITOR: 

Anna Catley

GALLERY

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