Queer Indie Film Explores Love, Friendship and Non-Monogamy
BY VICTOR MELAMED
Following a successful theatrical run in New York City and Los Angeles, Dekkoo—a streaming platform for queer content—has announced the TVOD release of Throuple, a raw, tender, and refreshingly honest new film from writer, star, and queer indie musician Michael Doshier.
The film follows a 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 lives in fear 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 beautiful, complicated gray 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 non-stop, while also dealing with intense 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 begins to confront 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.
At its core, Throuple is a radical act of emotional representation. Rather than reducing polyamory to a plot twist or punchline, the film explores non-monogamy as a legitimate, meaningful structure capable of growth, conflict, and deep connection. Doshier resists stereotype and melodrama, grounding his story in one powerful question: “What if a throuple wasn’t something to mock or fear?”
Since its debut on the festival circuit, Throuple has resonated deeply—especially with queer and polyamorous audiences.
In March 2025, the film screened to acclaim at New York’s Quad Cinema and Los Angeles’ Lumière Cinema. At the Manhattan premiere, one audience member remarked, “This isn’t just a queer story. It’s a human story.”
Ultimately, Throuple is about the universal human need to connect, and the courage it takes to ask for what we truly want. Doshier hopes 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.
