--- title: 'Keep the Lights On (2012)' type: 'film' director: 'Ira Sachs' released: '2012-01-01' runtime_minutes: 101 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/keep-the-lights-on-2012' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2011953/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Keep the Lights On (2012) 2012 · 101 min · Drama, Romance · United States ## Synopsis 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. 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, a lawyer in the publishing industry who struggles with drug addiction. The film's cast also includes Julianne Nicholson, Souléymane Sy Savané, Paprika Steen, David Anzuelo, Maria Dizzia, and Miguel Del Toro. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ira Sachs](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-sachs) - **Screenplay:** [Ira Sachs](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-sachs), [Mauricio Zacharias](https://cinepixo.com/people/mauricio-zacharias) - **Producer:** [Ira Sachs](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-sachs) - **Original Music Composer:** [Arthur Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-russell) - **Director of Photography:** [Thimios Bakatakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/thimios-bakatakis) - **Editor:** [Affonso Gonçalves](https://cinepixo.com/people/affonso-goncalves) ## Cast - [Jodie Markell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodie-markell) - [Todd Verow](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-verow) - [Maria Dizzia](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-dizzia) - [Zachary Booth](https://cinepixo.com/people/zachary-booth) - [James Bidgood](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bidgood) - [Julianne Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/julianne-nicholson) - [Souléymane Sy Savané](https://cinepixo.com/people/souleymane-sy-savane) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://keepthelightsonfilm.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/keep-the-lights-on-2012 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1059435); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.