As ”Cruise“For the 1990s new queer cinema set, Carmen Emmi’s function debut”Slubs“Has the most emotionally (and physically) naked performance yet from the rising British star Tom Blyth. He plays Lucas, a rookie police somewhere outside Syracuse who was assigned to post in one of these bland, sad malls in America, hoping to attract men to a toilet booth – and to reveal themselves or more.
This secret, grazing and catching was the type of problematic police procedure that caused people like George Michael to problems for difficult behavior. Here it forms the basis for a thriller – and one with shades of romance when Luca’s own secret attraction to men starts past him. And especially in the form of Russell ToveyWhich creates a questionable connection and possible romance after Lucas captures Andrew (Tovey) in the bathroom, just to end up for too long.
Indieview shares an exclusive clip for film In the video above. “Plainclothes” premieres in the US dramatic competition at Sundance Film Festival From Sunday January 26. The film co -stars Maria Dizzia, Christian Cooke, Gabe Fazio and Amy Forsyth and are currently looking for US distribution. Blyth, probably best known for his role in “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes“Previously played in another queer movie, Terence Davie’s” Benediction “, in a stage-stalking performance like the English actor Glen Byam Shaw. In “Plainclothes” he gets his biggest dramatic exhibition yet.
More about the movie from Sundance Official Program Listing: “‘Plainclothes’ is full of an atmosphere of paranoia and anxiety. Like Lucas, a young police officer who competes with a secret attraction for men, embodies Tom Blyth significantly this excitement in a Breakout performance. He strives to play a prescribed role in the implicitly straight culture of the police force and carries the crushing weight of both consequences of his increasingly full undercover work as well as the threat of exposure to his exciting, secret meetings with Andrew (Russell Tovey). Writer director Carmen Emmi, who makes his functional registration debut, distributes Smart LO-Fi VHS images at important moments to increase the feeling of concern, but which denotes the police surveillance that haunts his conscience and memory blinks. A sharp play with chronology similarly holds the audience On the toes and wonders if Lucas will be able to handle the stress in his secret or if he will finally reach a breaking point.
“Plainclothes” premieres on Sunday 26 January at 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
