Illuminate the Light

This film (drama)Also known asKeep the Lights On，is aUSAProducerwomen sex，At2012Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish, Danish，Current Douban rating6.9(For reference only)。

In 1998 New York, documentary director Eric (played by Thure Lindhardt) has a one-night stand with closeted lawyer Paul (played by Zachary Booth), and the two, who develop feelings for each other, eventually enter into a formal relationship, beginning a decade-long love story filled with ups and downs. Eric does not reject Paul's drug use habit and occasionally joins him, but Paul's addiction gradually spirals out of control. When Eric's documentary wins an international award but he can't share it with his lover, and when he sees his boyfriend submerged in drugs and male escorts in a hotel, Eric painfully realizes that his love for Paul is as helplessly consuming as addiction. Each argument, each compromise, and each pull is exhausting and hurting them both, until forgiveness can no longer stem the tears… "Illuminate the Light" is hailed as the saddest love movie of the year, nominated for the main competition at Sundance and awarded the Teddy Award at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film is like a poignant canvas and a bittersweet love letter, delicately and realistically depicting the various joys and sorrows of the gay world. Director Ira Sachs, who won the Sundance Jury Prize for "Forty Shades of Blue," has turned his past relationship into a semi-autobiographical film, hoping to illuminate all the dark corners of the gay world—leaving no shadows.