For Sachs, the world looked very different than when he had written the semi-autobiographical – and multiple Spirit Award nominated – KEEP THE LIGHTS ON just a few years before.
They had also recently become new fathers, their twin children born a week after their marriage. He and his husband, painter Boris Torres, had been among the many couples married in New York City after the state legislature legalized same sex marriage in 2011. Ira Sachs had recently begun a new chapter in his own life when he started thinking about making his fifth feature film, LOVE IS STRANGE. While struggling with the pain of separation, Ben and George are further challenged by the intergenerational tensions and capricious family dynamics of their new living arrangements.ĭirected by Ira Sachs (KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, FORTY SHADES OF BLUE), LOVE IS STRANGE blends the romance of New York City's streets and skyline with a delicate Chopin piano score to poignantly capture both the lightness and sorrows of this modern-day love story.
While George moves in with two cops (Cheyenne Jackson and Manny Perez) who live down stairs, Ben lands in Brooklyn with his nephew (Darren Burrows), his wife (Marisa Tomei), and their temperamental teenage son (Charlie Tahan), with whom Ben shares a bunk bed.
But when George loses his job soon after, the couple must sell their apartment and – victims of the relentless New York City real estate market – temporarily live apart until they can find an affordable new home. After nearly four decades together, Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremony in lower Manhattan.
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