Cocktails & Cinema™: Plainclothes (IN FORT LAUD)

A promising undercover officer (Tom Blyth) assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies orders when he falls in love with a target (Russell Tovey) in this scintillating Sundance award winner.

Promising undercover officer Lucas (Tom Blyth) is assigned to lure and target gay men at a mall bathroom in 1990s Syracuse, New York. But what begins as another setup becomes something far more electric and intimate when he encounters Andrew (Russell Tovey). As their secret connection deepens and 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.

Recipient of the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, PLAINCLOTHES is a knockout revelation from debut director Carmen Emmi.