16
Nov
Join us for the next gathering of the movie club about gay classics where we will watch a movie - on a 3x2 meter screen, talk about it and about other movies and series we have seen and liked.
It is free to attend. We will gather in a relaxed place next to Westerpark in Amsterdam, drinks and snacks - potluck style.
Sebastian
2024, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30317033/
Max is a 25-year-old Scottish freelance writer living in London, working for a literary magazine where he reviews authors and interviews prominent figures like Bret Easton Ellis. Ambitious and cocky, Max is secretly working on his debut novel, also titled Sebastian, which explores the world of male escorts in the digital age. To achieve what he believes is first-hand authenticity, Max creates an online profile under the pseudonym "Sebastian" and begins moonlighting as a sex worker, using his experiences with clients—mostly older, wealthy, discreet men—as direct material for his book.
Movie Club Briefing
Positive takes describe the film as "piercing, explicit, and oftentimes sexy" (ScreenRant), "tender, thoughtful film-making" (The Guardian), and "provocative, explicit, and ultimately tender" (IndieWire). Mollica's "searing" performance is widely praised as the film's anchor.
Writer-director Mikko Makela takes a non-judgmental approach to deal with topics such as the creative process, the world of escorts, self-discovery and self-acceptance.
With its keen, sensual eye, “Sebastian” makes its portrait of an artist as a young sex worker brim with pained authenticity about how fleeting and seemingly transactional intimacies remain rife sites of exploration for queer writers.
This is a film about sex work and what it means to take possession of your own story that makes others seem artificial.