Keep the Lights On

For the song by Jerry Cantrell, see Boggy Depot.
Keep the Lights On
Theatrical release poster
Directed byIra Sachs
Written by
  • Ira Sachs
  • Mauricio Zacharias
Produced by
  • Marie Therese Guirgis
  • Lucas Joaquin
  • Ira Sachs
Starring
CinematographyThimios Bakatakis
Edited byAffonso Gonçalves
Music byArthur Russell
Production
companies
  • Parts and Labor
  • Post Factory Films
  • Alarum Pictures
  • Film 50
Distributed byMusic Box Films
Release dates
  • January 20, 2012 (2012-01-20) (Sundance)
  • September 7, 2012 (2012-09-07) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Danish

Keep the Lights On is a 2012 American drama film written by Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias and directed by Sachs. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and was released on September 7, 2012 by Music Box Films.[1] The film stars Thure Lindhardt as Erik, a Danish filmmaker living in New York City to work on a documentary film about artist Avery Willard; while there, he enters into a loving but complicated long-term relationship with Paul (Zachary Booth), a lawyer in the publishing industry who struggles with drug addiction.[1][2] The film's cast also includes Julianne Nicholson, Souléymane Sy Savané, Paprika Steen, David Anzuelo, Maria Dizzia, and Miguel Del Toro.

The film is based on Sachs' own past relationship with Bill Clegg, a literary agent who published his own memoir about his struggles with addiction, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, in 2010.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Keep the Lights On: Sundance Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter, January 21, 2012.
  2. ^ Oleszczyk, Michael (January 24, 2012). "Sundance Film Festival 2012: Keep the Lights On", Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 5, 2012.