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Year (Jahr): 2024
Release Date (Veröffentlichungsdatum): 2024-08-02
Duration (Spieldauer): 111 min

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IMDB: 6.9 | Rotten Tomatoes: 76% | Metascore: 57% | TMDB: 6.4
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Director (Regie): Mikko Mäkelä
Actors (Schauspieler): Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Jonathan Hyde
Writers (Drehbuch): Mikko Mäkelä
Title (Originaltitel): Sebastian
Country (Land): United Kingdom, Belgium, Finland
Original language (Original-Sprache): English

Max works at a literary magazine in London. At night, he takes bookings under the name “Sebastian,” because nothing says “authentic debut novel” like using real life as research. On paper, it’s all pure fiction. The problem is that his stories get better exactly when his double life gets messier. Readers start showing up. Editors get interested. Max keeps telling himself he’s just collecting details.

The movie’s whole tension is simple. He’s not just hiding an alter ego. He’s also negotiating with himself about what that alter ego actually means. Because the escort role doesn’t stay “material” forever. It starts feeling a little too familiar, a little too honest, and suddenly the cover story sounds less convincing.

Sebastian is sharp, uncomfortable in the best way, and very aware of how we rationalize things. 6.9 IMDb, 76% Rotten Tomatoes. You don’t watch this for comfort.
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Max arbeitet tagsüber bei einem Literaturmagazin und tut nachts so, als wäre sein Pseudonym „Sebastian“ einfach nur Schreibmaterial. Klingt nach Künstlerleben. Ist aber eher: Escort-Anfragen, Londoner Nächte und ein Gewissen, das sich nicht so schön anfühlt wie frisch gedruckte Seiten. Seine Kurzgeschichten werden besser, weil er sie mit Dingen füttert, die man offiziell natürlich nicht „dokumentiert“, sondern angeblich „fiktionalisiert“. Klar.

Und dann passiert das Unvermeidliche. Während Max sein Doppelleben akribisch verwaltet, merkt er langsam: Die Grenze zwischen Recherche und Identität ist nicht wirklich eine Linie. Mehr so ein wackliger Teppich, über den man irgendwann stolpert. Ironisch genug, dass es manchmal fast witzig ist. Aber nie ganz bequem.

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00:00About yourself.
00:01My name's Sebastian.
00:05I'm 24.
00:07From Edinburgh.
00:09Can I please introduce Max?
00:11He's one of our latest discoveries.
00:14I wasn't thrilled when you said you were writing about sex work.
00:17But it would be fantastic if we could get your debut novel published next year.
00:22Did you speak to actual prostitutes for your research then?
00:26I think Gloria means sex workers.
00:30Yeah.
00:30No, absolutely.
00:31Aye.
00:47You're new to this, are you?
00:50You remind me of someone 30 years ago when he was your age.
00:55You know, I read your story.
00:56It's fiction.
00:58It has to come from somewhere, doesn't it?
01:01It goes without saying that this is between us.
01:04Nothing leaves this room, this house.
01:09It's so nice that not everyone is deceptive.
01:13Why is it that you do this?
01:15Is it really just about the money?
01:18Our magazine hasn't exactly been your top priority.
01:22I wouldn't want us to keep you from whatever it is that you'd rather be doing.
01:25You need to bring something more to it, Max.
01:28Find a way to raise the stakes.
01:30You didn't tell me it was a group thing.
01:31And I'll do that.
01:33Why not?
01:34Your face is gonna be on the top of everyone's feet.
01:37You worry about you.
01:38Please tell me what's going on.
01:42I'm Max.
01:43Are you sure?
01:45Are you sure?
01:45Are you sure?
01:48Are you sure?
01:50Let us use your ears.
01:50I'm sure.
01:51Let's go for it.
01:51If you don't give me a good job.
01:51I close it, on the top of you.
01:52You have to sell it.
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