Throuple
The Romantic Drama Explores the Power of Desire, Chosen Family, Music, and Non-Traditional Love Throuple is a refreshingly honest film from writer, star, and queer indie musician Michael Doshier. The film follows a lonely gay singer-songwriter as he navigates the messy terrains of modern desire, friendship, and unconventional love. When he unexpectedly becomes romantically entangled with a married couple he’s forced to reevaluate the relationship he desires. All the while he worries that he’s losing his lifelong best friend to her new girlfriend. Loosely based on Doshier’s own life, Throuple began as a meditation on the evolving nature of love and the complicated areas where friendship and romance blur. The spark for the story ignited when Doshier’s closest friend and longtime creative collaborator, Tristan Carter-Jones – who plays Tristan in the film – entered her first serious relationship. He found himself “third-wheeling” with the couple while also dealing with feelings of jealousy. At the same time Doshier was exploring intimacy with married men in open relationships. These two experiences converged when he realized: “This is a movie.” The emotional heart of the film lies in Michael’s dual journeys: romantic and musical. A dreamer struggling to voice his own needs, Michael drifts through life in a state of quiet passivity. It’s only through his evolving connection with Georgie and Connor, a married couple seeking to reignite their spark, that he confronts the patterns holding him back. Meanwhile, his decade-long friendship with Tristan is shifting as her girlfriend, Abby, begins asserting healthy boundaries, creating an emotional triangle just as complex as his romantic one. Rather than reducing polyamory to a plot twist or punchline, Throuple explores nonmonogamy as a legitimate, meaningful structure capable of growth, conflict, and deep connection, the universal human need to connect, and the courage it takes to ask for what we truly want. The film inspires viewers to challenge assumptions, speak their truths, and reimagine the possibilities of love, intimacy, and friendship. Throuple will be available to stream on all major platforms including Amazon, iTunes, InDemand, Google, and Dekkoo beginning June 6. JUN 2025
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