Episode 466: In The Seats With....Renuka Jeyapalan and 'Stay The Night'

Let's face it....romance in the digital age is as complicated as all hell....On this episode we look at that need for connection that we all ultimately crave but all have a hard time finding and even holding on it.  It's time for 'Stay The Night'.At a time when dating apps and casual hook-ups are the “new romance standard,” reserved and very single Grace (Andrea Bang) feels like an outcast. But when she meets Carter (Joe Scarpellino), a professional NHL player who has his own decision to make, she wonders if maybe Carter is the solution to her problem. After their first attempt at a one-night stand goes awry, they end up spending the evening walking and talking through the streets of downtown Toronto, leading them to a connection neither of them expected. What writer/director Renuka Jeyapalan manages to do here with Stay The Night is pretty remarkable as she takes the awkwardness of human interaction and boils into down to something genuine, something necessary and something honest that you can't look away from.We talk with Renuka about the inspiration for the film, casting and telling a truly Toronto story without being too overt about it.Stay The Night is available on VOD platforms for rent or purchase now.