PLAINCLOTHES

95 MINUTES | DRAMA, LGBTQIA+, THRILLER | 2025

Synopsis

At his mother’s New Year’s Eve party Lucas, a young police officer, loses a letter no one was ever meant to read. Amid the backdrop of the suffocating family party, the search for the letter unlocks memories of a past he’s tried to forget: months earlier, while working undercover in a mall bathroom, Lucas arrested men by seducing them. But when he encounters Andrew, everything changes. What begins as another setup becomes something far more electric and intimate. As their secret connection deepens and police pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, Lucas finds himself torn between duty and desire. With time running out and his past closing in, PLAINCLOTHES builds toward a New Year’s Eve reckoning where everything he’s buried threatens to erupt.

Awards

Ensemble Award, Sundance Film Festival 2025

Credits

DIRECTED BY: Carmen Emmi (feature debut)

PRODUCERS: Colby Cote (LEGENDARY), Arthur Landon (THE WORLD WILL TREMBLE), Vanessa Pantley, Eric Podwall

CAST: Tom Blyth (THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES), Russell Tovey (AMERICAN HORROR STORY, LOOKING), Maria Dizzia (CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER'S POINT, WHILE WE'RE YOUNG)

PRESS QUOTES

"A relatable story about infatuation and heartbreak, most of it communicated with painfully raw emotion by these star-crossed lovers’ eyes."

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