About this movie
Cast & Crew
Cast
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Thure Lindhardt
Erik
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Zachary Booth
Paul
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Julianne Nicholson
Claire
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Souleymane Sy Savane
Alassane
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Paprika Steen
Karen
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Miguel Del Toro
Igor
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Justin Reinsilber
Dan
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Sebastian LaCause
Russ
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Sarah Hess
Katie
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Roberta Kirshbaum
Katie's Mom
Directors
- Ira Sachs
Producers
- Marie Therese Guirgis
- Lucas Joaquin
- Ira Sachs
Writers
- Ira Sachs
- Mauricio Zacharias
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Keep The Lights On
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Trailer for Keep The Lights On
Director Ira Sachs offers this intimate portrait of the relationship between New York-based documentary filmmaker Erik Rothman (Thure Lindhardt) and closeted publishing lawyer Paul Lucy (Zachary Booth), tracing their ups and downs as they build a life together on the heels of a whirlwind romance.
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
90%
percent positive reviews
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Mike McCahill, Guardian [UK]
Every frame pulses with hard-gained experience: it may be the most lived-in film of 2012, and certainly counts among the most moving.
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Dave Calhoun, Time Out
This is a painful drama, but its pain is more studied than emotive, and it demands that we think just as much as it makes us feel.
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William Thomas, Empire Magazine
While not quite on a par with Andrew Haigh's Weekend, this is still an undeniably powerful piece of filmmaking.
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Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The cast, uniformly excellent, draws us into a vibrant, energetic Manhattan where commitments are forged and broken through sheer chance and those seeking permanence must continually resist...
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J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
A complex and mysterious tale of a love affair, one that lacks the tidy story arc of a movie but feels real.
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