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Chaperone

Sam MAX

USA202116min Asian Premiere

Synopsis

A mysterious figure picks up a young man in his car and they seem to have made a deal, and they drive to a menacing rented house in the country. The young man had come to him to ask for his death. Chaperone shows the resolute determination of the figure watching and delivering the end of the young man’s life, with sublime irony in the process.

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Sam MAX

Sam Max is a writer and director from Pennsylvania, currently based in Brooklyn. As a young artist his work has become known for centering queer characters in “poetic spaces where death and dreams converge, making otherworldly encounters possible” (Suhrkamp). In 2018 Sam was named to the Young & Hungry List, tracking “Hollywood’s Top 100 New Writers.” Chaperone (2021) is Sam’s first film.