Paying for It (2025)
1h 25m
Running Time
January 31, 2025Release Date
Paying for It (2025)
1h 25m
Running Time
January 31, 2025Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
In the late '90s, Chester and Sonny are a long-term, committed, romantic couple. When Sonny wants to redefine their relationship, Chester, a painfully introverted cartoonist, starts sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process.
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Cast & Crew.
Dan Beirne
Chester Brown
Emily Lê
Sonny Lee
Andrea Werhun
Denise/Yulissa
Noah Lamanna
Suzo Jones
Chris Sandiford
Cain
Ely Henry
Cecil
Rebecca Applebaum
Laura
Ehren Kassam
Miles
Ishan Davé
Reed
Stephen Kalyn
Carl
Andrew Ahmed
2nd Assistant Camera
Hannia Cheng
Anne
Jamie Whitecrow
Angelina
Sook-Yin Lee
Director
Lisa Smolkin
Wendy
Lea Rose Sebastianis
Kitty
Matt Code
Producer
Dusty Lee
Jolene
Sonya Di Rienzo
Producer
Becky Johnson
Tina
Aeschylus Poulos
Producer
Kitoko Mai
Amanda
Rubie Magnitude
Mandi Moulin
Tanya Cheex
Patience
Dainty Smith
Celine
Becca Willow Moss
Julie
Dot Starkey
Other Angelina
Sara Kay
CastingDirector
Jenny Lewis
CastingDirector
Desiree Das Gupta
Woman on the Street
Kalene Osborne
CastingDirector
Sabrina Saudin
Heidi
Kris Siddiqi
Rick Wiggins
Cappy
Mo
Connor Smith
Comic Fan
Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato
Callie
Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll
Mandi's husband
Willow Astbury
Mandi's daughter
Drew Catherine
Blonde woman
Sook-Yin Lee
Director / Screenplay
Chester Brown
Comic Book
Joanne Sarazen
Screenplay
Gayle Ye
Cinematography
John Cameron Mitchell
Executive Producer
Anna Catley
Editor
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Paying for It is a 2024 Canadian drama film, directed by Sook-Yin Lee. It is an adaptation of Chester Brown's graphic novel Paying for It, about his decision to start frequenting sex workers after the breakup of his real-life relationship with Lee.
The film stars Dan Beirne as Brown and Emily Lê as Sonny, as well as Andrea Werhun, Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato, Stephen Kalyn, Chris Sandiford, Kris Siddiqi, Scott Thompson, Sera-Lys McArthur and Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll in supporting roles.