Concussion, the story of a bored
lesbian wife who turns to prostitution, opened in select theaters and
became available as a digital download on Friday.
Abby (played by Robin Weigert) is a
42-year-old mother of two who turns to lesbian prostitution after she
is hit on the head with a ball. Her new occupation is a dangerous
counterpoint to her stale, sexless marriage to another woman (Julie
Fain Lawrence).
Abby beds women for money in a
Manhattan loft. The escape, however, begins to threaten Abby's
mental health and marriage. (The film's trailer is embedded on this
page. Visit
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The film premiered at Sundance in
January.
Write-director Stacie Passon told the
Los Angeles Times that the movie was not about prostitution
but about life and living with the choices we make.
“It's impossible to know when you're
25 years old what marriage looks like when you're 40,” Passon said.
“Marriage is hard. And things happen.”
She described her protagonist as “a
starving person” and “someone who didn't know she was starving
for a long time.”
Lesbian blog Autostraddle.com
said Concussion's sex scenes were reason enough to watch the
film, “but you'll end up asking yourself why you didn't want more
than that.”
You can rent or buy the film from
WolfeOnDemand.com
or iTunes.