SHORTBUS
SHORTBUS follows various New York City characters as they navigate the comic/tragic intersections between sex and love in and around a modern-day polysexual underground salon called Shortbus. Sofia is a sex therapist who has never had an orgasm. She’s been faking for years with her husband Rob. She meets Severin, a female dominatrix who tries to help her. Sofia’s clients include James and Jamie, who are starting to open up their relationship sexually. James suggests a three-way relationship with Ceth ; Jamie is reluctant. James seems to have a hidden agenda. His plans are witnessed by a stalker named Caleb. All the characters converge on Shortbus, a mad nexus of art, music, politics and sex. The film suggests new strategies for reconciling the unique pressures of post-9/11, Bush-exhausted
Year of production: 2006
Country: United States
Duration: 102 minutes
Credits
- John Cameron MITCHELL Director
- John Cameron MITCHELL Screenplay
- Michael HILL Music
- Yo LA TENGO Music
- Brian A. KATES Editing
Casting
- Peter STICKLES Caleb
- Raphael BARKER Rob
- Jay BRANNAN Ceth
- Pj DEBOY Jamie
- Lindsay BEAMISH Severin
- Justin BOND Justin Bond
- Paul DAWSON James
- Sook-Yin LEE Sofia
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Contacts
French Press
- JÉROME JOUNEAUXI, ISABELLE DUVOISIN, MATTHIEU REY
International sales
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