PRESENTS
PLAINCLOTHES
A FILM by CARMEN EMMI
ENSEMBLE AWARD
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2025
For Immediate Release – Films We Like is thrilled to announce the Canadian acquisition of Plainclothes, the debut film from filmmaker Carmen Emmi, which stars Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) and Russell Tovey (American Horror Story, Looking). The thriller won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
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.
Running time: 95 minutes
Country of origin: United States
Language: English
Media Contact: mercy@filmswelike.com
About Films We Like
Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential, Carmine Street Guitars) Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Recent releases include Caught by the Tides, Secret Mall Apartment and the Academy Award-winning film Flow.