After Louie Page #4

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


- Bye, Sam.

- SAM:
Mm-hmm.

So, uh, Sam here

grave digging again?

(GROWLS)

I know. Why don't you just

give him what he wants?

William isn't just Sam's,

you know?

I know.

Jules.

(QUIET SNORING)

SAM:

Hey, can you come over?

Don't use the buzzer.

Text me when you're near.

WILLIAM:
Chris, the guy

from the coffee shop.

First cappuccino

I ever had.

Yeah, he was there.

And I would see

so many people that I knew,

and my doctor would go.

(LAUGHING)

I could see him there.

God, I remember one time

at the Mine Shaft

I was strung up by Louie,

and he was whipping

the sh*t out of me,

and you were there, Sam.

And you looked

positively... heartbroken.

I later had to tell you

not to worry.

It was just for fun.

You were always

so sentimental, Sam.

Well, now Louie's

dead now, too.

(CELL PHONE BUZZES)

(DOOR CREAKS, CLOSES)

- Sorry, the M wasn't running.

- Shh! Quiet.

(PAPER RUSTLING)

Let's get this

out of the way first.

200?

No overnight, okay?

Sure.

And you have

to be quiet.

No screaming tonight.

I'll try.

Are you hungry?

I have this friend who's a straight guy.

He's married,

and he's always talking about how he

wants to have sex with other women.

- All men want to f***.

- Right.

- So do women.

- I wouldn't know.

So this guy is always

saying to me, like,

"Wow, you're so lucky, you can just

have sex with whoever you want,"

and I'm like, "So can you.

You know, just talk to your wife

about having an open relationship."

Right? I mean,

you're both adults.

You should be able to at least

talk about what you want,

about sex

and stuff, right?

- And?

- Yeah, and so he says

this, like,

super patronizing thing,

like, "Well, when you

really love someone,

and you start

a family with them,

then you don't want to see

them with anyone else."

Like I'm some disgusting,

promiscuous gay friend

who doesn't understand

how to really love someone.

Thank you.

Oh, can I have

some more coffee, please?

Like, I have a boyfriend,

right?

But I can have sex

with whoever I want to.

- You have a boyfriend?

- Didn't I tell you?

- No, you didn't.

- Oh.

Well, yeah.

But we're open,

so I do what I want.

- He doesn't care?

- No.

Who's that guy

on your couch?

Oh, that's just

an old friend.

He's my old teacher

from art school.

Cool.

How old are you?

I thought you didn't

want to know.

Now I do.

Almost 30.

- Really?

- Are you disappointed?

Damn, I didn't ask her

for ketchup.

How old are you?

Still old enough

to be your father.

Oh, good.

Excuse me, miss.

Can me and my daddy

have some ketchup?

So do you have a daddy thing

because your father died?

Hmm. Do you

like younger guys

because you're trying

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