Sebastian movie storyline. 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.
Sebastian is a 2024 international co-production film written and directed by Mikko Mäkelä. In December 2023, it was revealed the film would premiere in January at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. LevelK acquired the international rights to the film ahead of its Sundance premiere. In February 2024, it was announced that the film had been acquired by Kino Lorber for North America, with a theatrical release to be announced.
Sebastian (2024)
Directed by: Mikko Makela
Starring: Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Jonathan Hyde, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Dylan Brady, Pedro Minas, Matthias Moret, Akbar Kurtha, Laurent Maria, Leanne Best, Michael Jean-Marain, Lara Rossi
Screenplay by: Mikko Makela
Production Design by: Guy Thompson
Cinematography by: Iikka Salminen
Film Editing by: Mikko Makela, Arttu Salmi
Costume Design by: Frank Gallacher
Art Direction by: Esteban Gérard, Robbe Nuyttens
Music by: Ilari Heinilä
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Kino Lorber
Release Date: August 2, 2024
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