Love is Strange
New York Premiere

Love is Strange

Spotlight
| USA | 95 MINUTES | English
Drama, Comedy, Relationships, New York, NY Director(s)
Ira Sachs follows up last year’s acclaimed, Keep the Lights On, with another take on modern love. Acting veterans John Lithgow and Alfred Molina star as Ben and George, a Manhattan couple who are finally given the opportunity to make their union official. But when Ben loses his teaching job as a result, the relationship is tested in unconventional ways—leaving them to more strongly rely on their love to hold things together. Lithgow and Molina deliver inspired performances, while Sachs expertly guides his cast in the delicate dance of difficult emotions and scenarios presented among friends, family, and loved ones.

-Ashley Havey

Cast & Credits
Directed by
Ira Sachs
Ira Sachs’ last feature, Keep the Lights On, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards. He co-wrote Love Is Strange with Lights’ Mauricio Zacharias. Among his previous films is the Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning Forty Shades of Blue (2005).
Director
Ira Sachs
Screenwriter
Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias
Producer
Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Lucas Joaquin
Editor
Michael Taylor, Affonso Goncalves
Cinematographer
Christos Voudouris
Production Designer
Amy Williams
Costume Designer
Arjun Bhasin
Cast
John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Cheyenne Jackson, Manny Perez, Darren Burrows

Contacts
Print Source
Anna Takayama
Sony Pictures Classics
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212 833 8846
anna_takayama@spe.sony.com
Press Contact
Jamie Panoff
I.H.O.P.
Phone: 212.265.4373
Press Contact
Maya Anand
Cohen Media Group
New York, NY 10022

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