Keep the Lights On 2012

Keep the Lights On 2012
1h 41min | Drama, Romance | 27 July 2012 (Taiwan)
Storyline
It's 1998 and New York City is in a state of intense flux when documentary filmmaker Erik Rothman (Thure Lindhardt) first meets Paul Lucy (Zachary Booth), a handsome but closeted lawyer in the publishing field. What begins as a highly charged first encounter soon becomes something much more, and a relationship quickly develops. As the two men start building a home and life together, each continues to privately battle their own compulsions and addictions. A film about sex, friendship, intimacy and most of all, love, Keep the Lights On takes an honest look at the nature of relationships in our times.
User review:
What a trip this flick is!
Director/writer: Ira Sachs really brings to the screen a story about obsession and pernicious behavior between the emotionally needy Erik and the psychologically baleful Paul. In this story you will go through three stages in what you think of Erik – impatience, because Erik can't see the obvious before him with Paul, – sympathy, because Erik is obsessed with Paul and Erik is truly a nice guy while Paul is nefarious, – relief, when Erik finally get beyond his hang-up with Paul.