Paying for It (2025)
- Directed by
- Sook-Yin Lee
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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