Passages

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Passages

Released Aug 4, 2023

1h 31m

Drama

Romance

LGBTQ+

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Celebrated filmmaker Ira Sachs (Love is Strange) makes a breathtaking return with PASSAGES, a fresh, honest and brutally funny take on messy, modern relationships, starring Franz Rogowski (Great Freedom), Ben Whishaw (Women Talking) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour). Set in Paris, this seductive drama tells the story of Tomas (Rogowski) and Martin (Whishaw), a gay couple whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas begins a passionate affair with Agathe (Exarchopoulos), a younger woman he meets after completing his latest film.

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Critics Consensus

Elevated by a remarkable Franz Rogowski performance, Passages adds another smart, deeply humanistic film to director/co-writer Ira Sachs' estimable filmography.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

As the dynamics between these three people change and eventually alter the lives of all involved, Sachs depicts the pain and the pleasure of the messes we make when we blindly follow desire.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 18, 2024

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David Rooney

The Hollywood Reporter

Caustically amusing, sexy, sad and unflinchingly intense, this is an intimate study of the formation and collapse of a romantic triangle, played with an invigorating absence of sentiment by three actors at the top of their game.

Dec 13, 2023

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

Ira Sachs is a master of the small, delicate gestures that wind up having seismic repercussions in our lives. In Passages, which might be his masterpiece, he fashions the most delectably ruinous of love triangles.

Dec 9, 2023

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Gavin Spoors

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

What makes it all work so well is the tiny details packed within each scene; the blocking of actors within a frame, a particular line of dialogue, a glance or a longing look.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 4, 2025

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Anna Hoang

Boston Hassle

The emotional motifs in PASSAGES are splashed with little complication. The characters move and breathe like real people, allowing their lives to surpass the singularity of romance.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 17, 2025

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

As much as this is an aspect of Passages I praise, the briefly polyamorous nature of this triad’s relationship also feels like one of its most unrealized features.

Jul 11, 2025

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Seth M

A beautifully filmed look at a self destructive man. The film feels simultaneously deeply intimate and distant - a feeling shared by those who love the central figure.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/22/23

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Ed

So many gay men hide behind pretending to like sex with women. In the South, especially, men, knowing they are gay, marry women to divert suspicion. This film shows the harm that does to both the man and the woman. Moreover, because the man is not able to commit fully to either a male partner or a female one, he ends up losing both -- and rides off on a bicycle into the night.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/22/23

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jmg

The Acting and story were very good but I found myself not being able to room for any main character

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/20/23

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Scott H

Interesting story and well acted.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/19/23

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David Lee K

Passages acts as a character study, but quickly collapses into an exhausting portrait of rampant narcissism. The protagonist is so extremely self-absorbed, that any attempt at empathy is eroded, leaving the supporting characters (and the viewer) merely to suffer through his empty chaos. Rather than insight, the film seems to offer only emotional turmoil without purpose or payoff. Spare yourself the ordeal. Passages is a frustrating misfire, and your time is far better spent elsewhere.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/10/25

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Jerod S

It's kinda like elevated Jerry Springer fodder....like an attempt to give a deep inside look into modern day relationships. But, it doesn't really seem at all realistic.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/04/25

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Synopsis

Celebrated filmmaker Ira Sachs (Love is Strange) makes a breathtaking return with PASSAGES, a fresh, honest and brutally funny take on messy, modern relationships, starring Franz Rogowski (Great Freedom), Ben Whishaw (Women Talking) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour). Set in Paris, this seductive drama tells the story of Tomas (Rogowski) and Martin (Whishaw), a gay couple whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas begins a passionate affair with Agathe (Exarchopoulos), a younger woman he meets after completing his latest film.

Director: Ira Sachs
Producer: Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt
Screenwriter: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias
Distributor: MUBI
Production Co: SBS Productions, Doco Digital, KNM
Genre: Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 4, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $535.9K
Runtime: 1h 31m

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