British distributors Peccadillo Pictures will release on Blu-ray director Ira Sachs's Keep the Lights On (2012), starring Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth and Julianne Nicholson. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on January 28th.
Earlier this year, Keep the Lights On won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.
New York-set drama detailing the tumultuous gay relationship between documentary filmmaker Erik (Lindhardt) and the self-destructive, closeted Paul (Booth). After a brief sexual encounter, the relationship between the two men develops into an on-off eight-year affair defined by heady highs, suffocating lows and deeply dysfunctional emotional patterns. In love but out of his depth, Erik struggles to deal with Paul's crack cocaine addiction and negotiate his own boundaries while remaining true to himself.
Special Features:
Four Deleted Scenes
Behind The Scenes Featurette
Audition Video with Zachary Booth and Thure Lindhardt
In Search Of Avery Willard' Documentary
Note: In the United States, Music Box Films will bring Keep the Lights On to Blu-ray on January 22. (See our listing here).