Director Olivier Peyon and Lie With Me, the Gay Love Story You Need to See

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Lie With Me is a stunningly beautiful, bittersweet love story. It will soon be available on major platforms in the United States. The film is about a writer coming terms with the love of his life, that he had lost years before. Upon agreeing to be the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating their bicentennial, novelist Stéphane Belcourt returns to his hometown for the first time in many years. Once there, he meets his first love’s son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him:irrepressible attraction, bodies becoming one in the heat of desire, a passion that can never be revealed... His first love’s name was Thomas. They were 17. Today we talk with filmmaker and director Olivier Peyon. Olivier is a French screenwriter, and film director., He has made several short films including “Jingle Bells” (1997) which was selected for the 54th Venice Film Festival. In addition to making documentaries for French television. He directed his first feature film, “Les petites Vacances” in 2017. His second feature film, the documentary How I Came to Hate Math (2013), was nominated for a César. In addition to directing, Peyon also has translated over 150 films into French including such films as “Fargo,”“The Big Lebowski,” “trainspotting,” and “The Usual Suspects” to name a few. With co-host Brody Levesque