Those People
Set against the glorious backdrop of autumnal New York, Joey Kuhn’s feature debut about a young Upper East Side painter who’s spent much of his life in unrequited love with his best friend, a charismatic and reckless partier living alone in his family’s townhouse, vividly depicts a social circle in crisis.
On Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a young painter, Charlie, has spent much of his life in unrequited love with his best friend, Sebastian, a charismatic and reckless partier who lives alone in his family’s townhouse now that his father has been imprisoned for Bernie Madoff–esque crimes and his mother abandoned them both in the wake of the scandal. Joey Kuhn’s feature debut vividly depicts a social circle in crisis, set against the glorious backdrop of autumnal New York.
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