Passages

Released Aug 4, 2023

1h 31m

Drama

Romance

LGBTQ+

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250+ Ratings

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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David Rooney

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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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

A film that is profoundly real, impactful, and even uncomfortable, but above all, is an artistic and complex story about three people confronted with their own sense of morality. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 5, 2023

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Jaylan Salah

InSession Film

The scene when Adèle Exarchopoulos sings to him is sensual and beautiful, with a sublime connection to Mia Hansen-Løve’s or Claire Denis’s cinema.

Apr 17, 2024

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

In the end, whether you - or, for that matter Martin or Agathe - love or hate Tomas or not is irrelevant, Sachs suggests, as he’s the sort whose freewheeling momentum will carry him forward no matter what.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 16, 2024

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Kristian M. Lin

Fort Worth Weekly

I usually admire Sachs’ dramas at a distance, but this one got its hooks in me.

Mar 18, 2024

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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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Lorenzo P

A love story portraited with an authentic brutalism.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/01/24

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Alec B

A frustrating film. I understand that's kind of the point but after a while the characters' disastrous choices just become grating for its own sake.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/04/24

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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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