General Info:

“Sin & Lyle” is the type of film that leaves the audience thinking about it for days after they’ve stepped out of the theater. Heavy with poetic dialogue, the story explores contrasting opinions on various controversial subjects, including religion, politics, and stereotypes. The most powerful subject within the story, suicide, is deeply explored through style, technique and performance. No character is perfect, or even close to it, each showing his or her multiple dimensions. The film was primarily shot hand-held, creating a strong example of voyeuristic narrative filmmaking. Every single moment is embellished in its own style, both technically and creatively. It does not provide all the answers for the audience the way typically structured films do, but rather tests the waters first, and allows the viewers to take the plunge themselves. It tackles stories of real people in real situations, and explores issues that all of us can relate to, whether we want to admit it or not. “Sin & Lyle” is a film following those who live to defy the labels society gives them, and the controversial actions that can come from even the best of intentions. It will keep you immersed all the way through, as well as for many moments after.

 

Synopsis:

Lyle cuts himself. He remains comfortable in his depression. Yet, he is anxious for a change, whether it be giving up or growing up. He is faced with that change when he meets Sin, a charismatic woman who preaches against the laws of society. He is attracted to the idea that she is the person he has always wished he could be. However, during their brief relationship, Sin announces that she intends to kill herself, and Lyle is tempted to join her. As we follow them through a day that affects their final decisions, the lines between good and bad, right and wrong, and love and hate, become increasingly blurred.

 

Logline:

Sin is the exciting change that Lyle needs in his melancholy life. However, when Sin announces she intends to kills herself, Lyle is tempted to join her. Will their brief time together change their minds, or set them over the edge – forever?

 

Taglines:

You only live once – but sometimes, even that’s too much.

Life is only worth living if you have something to die for.

For them, society was a cage, and death was the only way out.