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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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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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Garry A

Sometimes I liked Tomas but mostly he irritated me. With him it was always "me, me, me" He was very manipulative. He as a drama queen from the beginning to the end. I was entertained by the messy relationships though.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/17/25

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Kevin L

Tomas needs to grow up. Can't play the part of the 20-some/thing playboy out to get your rocks off & party w/ whomever, whenever you want and then expect the actual grown-ups living true mature reality to take you as seriously as you try to make them believe you are. Or does he buy his own act? A married man just suddently involves himself w/ another sex partner that is literally another sex than his husband? And it was such a phenomenal screw that it changes him entirely? No, this is who he is. The three central figures here are given life by some prime actors. Whishaw brings such empathy and depth to a real sympathetic role. Adèle Exarchopoulos is all voluptuous sexuality and bravura as she tries to be like one of the play the field boys, too, while also needing to grow up some herself. She'll find out the cost of such sexual freedom and a body count. And Rogowski continues to show why he's one of the best out there on the big screen. Well done by director Sachs and his crew. Not only w/ the story, pacing, and getting such great performances. There's also the look of the film. It's a real beauty w/ deep colors and a camera that loves the city. And I appreciate the ending a lot; quite fitting. 3.3 stars

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/10/25

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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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