FEATURE FILM IN DEVELOPMENT • WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MARIO LUXXOR
ALL NIGHTS
DIE YOUNG
Drive × Blue Valentine – Set in New York City
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TONAL POSITIONING
THE STORY
All Nights Die Young follows Lincoln, a naive young man who falls under the spell of a mysterious stranger – a man whose glacial beauty hides a desvastating truth.
But fascination turns into entrapment as lincoln is pulled into a web of obsession and addiction.
Lost in New York's toxic nightlife, he spirals through desire, dependency and self-destruction, where each night promises transcendence, but every dawn brings ruin.
All Nights Die Young is a love letter to the lonely, the lost, and those chasing the unattainable.
GENRE
Prestige Independent Drama
SETTING
New York City — nights, interiors, thresholds
Festival-forward · Arthouse · International
POSITIONING
Low–mid independent feature
BUDGET
Based on the published novel by Mario Luxxor
SOURCE
PUBLISHED IP
ALL NIGHTS
DIE YOUNG
— the novel
BY MARIO LUXXOR · 270 PAGES · PAPERBACK HARDBACK & EBOOK · AUDIOBOOK IN PRODUCTION
The film adapts an existing, published literary work. The story has already been written, tested with readers, and received institutional press coverage. The world exists.
"Luxxor's novel is a tragedy turned up to the highest volume... a raw haunting journey of love, identity and self-destruction..."
KIRKUS REVIEWS
PRAISES FOR THE FIRST ONES TO FALL
"A compelling and easy-to-read debut… a realistic and thoughtful portrayal of LGBTQ+ life."
DYMOCKS SIDNEY — BOOKSELLER RECOMMENDATION, AUSTRALIA
"A queer tragic love story that will leave you broken, longing for a true happy ending."
CARLOS OSUNA
"Raw, intense, and truly gripping. One of the most powerful books I've read."
SIMON P.FAIRCLOUGH
"A raw haunting journey of love, identity and self-destruction..."
KIRKUS REVIEWS
"I opened it out of curiosity… The writing is sharp. The characters? Real. Messy. Familiar in ways I didn't expect."
DIMITRY V.
"All Nights Die Young touches on incredibly important and valid topics: trauma, addiction, abuse, and the search for love and belonging."
VERIFIED READER — NETGALLEY
"This book makes me feel uncomfortable; it's too realistic and harsh. I had to take breaks… or else get completely immersed."
"Raw and desperately feeling… true, honest, and gut-wrenching."
DANIEL ESTRELLA
VERIFIED READER — NETGALLEY
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
"I didn't want to make a film about suffering for its own sake. I wanted to make a film about patterns — how absence, silence, and unaddressed wounds move through people, and how one choice can quietly shape the future of someone else.
All Nights Die Young is a study of behavior rather than judgment. Every character is acting from what they know, what they lack, and what they avoid. No one in this story is defined by a single mistake. What matters is how those mistakes accumulate, how they affect others, and how long it takes for responsibility to arrive.
At its core, this is not a film about addiction or loss, but about cause and consequence. It observes how people disappear, how that disappearance creates damage, and how that damage doesn't end with the person who caused it. It moves forward — into other lives.
What interested me most was not collapse, but the moment when something finally interrupts the cycle. When someone stays. When responsibility is chosen, even if it arrives late. The film does not rush toward redemption, but it does believe that showing up can still matter — especially for those who never had a choice.
This film isn't asking the audience to sit in despair. It's asking them to recognize how their presence — or absence — shapes the lives around them."