Paying for It (2025)

Directed by

Sook-Yin Lee

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man decides to start paying for sex after his girlfriend breaks up with him. The film follows his experiences and the conversations that come with that choice.

thoughtfulintimateconversationallow-keyobservationalcandidcontemplativeunflinching

What happens

Paying for It is a 2024 Canadian drama film, directed by Sook-Yin Lee. It is an adaptation of Chester Brown's graphic memoir Paying for It, about his decision to start frequenting sex workers after the breakup of his real-life relationship with Lee. The film stars Dan Beirne as Brown and Emily Lê as Sonny, with Andrea Werhun, Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato, Stephen Kalyn, Chris Sandiford, Kris Siddiqi, Scott Thompson, Sera-Lys McArthur and Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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