After Louie Page #3

Synopsis: After Louie explores the contradictions of modern gay life and history through Sam, a man desperate to understand how he and his community got to where they are today. As an AIDS activist and member of ACT UP in the 1980s and 90s, Sam witnessed the deaths of too many friends and lovers. Battlewounded and struggling with survivor's guilt, Sam now resents the complacency of his former comrades and derides what he sees as the younger generation's indifference to the politics of sex, and of death. An unexpected intimacy with a much younger man challenges Sam's understanding of contemporary gay life. Through this unconventional romance, he is forced to deal with the trauma that so informs his past, their present, and an unknown future.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Vincent Gagliostro
Production: Hawk House Productions
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
Year:
2017
100 min
Website
46 Views


we'd at least send

a f***ing text.

My phone was dead.

I have a present for you.

Close your eyes.

Come on.

Close your eyes.

Open them.

- What is this?

- It's $500.

- From where?

- I met some guy last night,

and we went back

to his place, and...

- What, you robbed him?

- He gave it to me.

- For what?

- For sex, I think.

He's crazy, right?

Yeah, it's pretty crazy.

I guess he thought

I was a professional.

This is a lot of money. Like,

what did you do to him?

Nothing out

of the ordinary.

How old is this guy?

45, 50.

Are you upset?

I don't know.

Don't be.

It's 500 bucks.

Right.

So I am dating

a prostitute now.

An accidental

prostitute.

Right.

Right, right, right.

Please don't be upset.

Promise you're not upset.

I promise.

Next time

I'll ask for double.

(BUZZER SOUNDS)

- SAM:
Yeah?

- Samuel, it's me.

- Jules?

- (GATE BUZZES)

- Surprise!

- Hey, Jules.

I'm moving in.

- What?

- Just for a few days.

Uh, I thought you didn't

leave Sagaponack in the summer.

Now I know you don't eat,

but I brought croissants.

Why aren't you

in your apartment?

I'm having my apartment

painted, Samuel.

- Okay.

- Jesus, this place is a dump.

It looks like

you just moved in.

Now don't worry about me,

I won't take up

too much space.

I'll sleep on the couch.

I insist.

Shocking as it is,

I can't say I'm surprised.

- He wasn't sick at all.

- Perfectly healthy,

for nearly 70.

- He was just alone.

- We're all alone.

But we don't just

up and jump out a window.

So your work

is going well?

Actually, I really

don't know what I'm doing.

That's a great

place to be.

- It is?

- Sure it is.

And how's

your love life?

I always want

to talk to you about art,

and all you want to hear

about is who I'm f***ing.

At my age, I have to get

my thrills where I can.

- When's the service?

- Wednesday morning.

Then I'm back

to the beach.

Oh, you can stay

as long as you want, Jules.

Really.

- These are all the photos I have.

- Oh, my God.

I wonder what

happened to him.

- Oh!

- Do you remember that day?

- I almost froze to death.

- Yeah.

You never wore gloves.

Well, you let me

keep my hands warm

- Hey, hey.

- in your armpits between chants.

So you think you'll be able to get

me those slides any time soon?

Come on, I'm not trying

to put you out.

Well, it's just everything went

into storage when we moved in here.

Oh, yeah.

I knew it was Mateo's fault,

all right.

JEFFREY:
I will try to

find them for you, I will.

I'll come with you

if you need help.

MATEO:

Hey, babe.

What are you two

up to?

- I was just leaving.

- Aw! What a shame.

Thanks for these.

Goodbye, Mateo.

MATEO:

Good to see you, Sam.

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