After its limited theatrical release in New York City and Los Angeles, Dekkoo — the streaming platform for queer content — announced the release of Throuple, the new film from writer, star and queer indie musician Michael Doshier. The film will be available to stream on all major platforms including Amazon, iTunes, InDemand, Google, and Dekkoo on June 6.
The film is loosely based on Doshier’s own life. The inception of the story was when Doshier’s closest friend and longtime creative collaborator, Tristan Carter-Jones — who plays Tristan in the film — entered her first serious relationship. At the same time, Doshier was exploring intimacy with married men in open relationships. He used both experiences to craft the Throuple narrative.
From publicity:
The film follows a lonely gay singer-songwriter as he navigates the messy terrains of modern desire, friendship, and unconventional love. When he unexpectedly becomes romantically entangled with a married couple, he’s forced to reevaluate the relationship he desires. All the while, he lives in fear that he’s losing his lifelong best friend to her new girlfriend.
The emotional heart of the film lies in Michael’s dual journeys — romantic and musical. A dreamer struggling to voice his own needs, Michael drifts through life in a state of quiet passivity. It’s only through his evolving connection with Georgie and Connor, a married couple seeking to reignite their spark, that he begins to confront the patterns holding him back. Meanwhile, his decade-long friendship with Tristan is shifting as her girlfriend, Abby, begins asserting healthy boundaries — creating an emotional triangle just as complex as his romantic one.
The cast includes Jess Gabor as Abby, the film’s moral compass with Tommy Heleringer and Stanton Plummer-Cambridge as Connor and Georgie, whose relationship is tested, redefined and deepened by the presence of a third.
Watch the trailer for Throuple below: