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Passages

Horizons 2023 / Passages / France 2023

Passages Passages

Synopsis

After completing his most recent film, Tomas begins an affair with the teacher Agathe. By giving in to his desire for the unknown – being with a woman – he tests the patience of his husband Martin, with whom he shares an idyllic but staid life. In his eighth film, Ira Sachs, a master at capturing even the most subtle nuances of relationships, explores the complicated nature of love triangles. Sachs has entrusted the lead roles to well-known faces of European cinema Franz Rogowski, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Ben Whishaw. His cast breathes life into characters who, against the backdrop of contemporary Paris, repeatedly discover that human desire can be searing, but also fickle and constantly changing.

Sandra Hezinová

About the film

91 min / Color, DCP

Director Ira Sachs / Screenplay Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias / Dir. of Photography Josée Deshaies / Sound Cyril Holtz / Editor Sophie Reine / Art Director Pascale Consigny / Producer Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt / Production SBS Productions / Cast Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos / Sales SBS Distribution

About the director

Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs (1965, Memphis, USA). Selected filmography: The Delta (1996), Keep the Lights On (2012), Love Is Strange (2014), Little Men (2016), Frankie (2019), Passages (2023).

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SBS Distribution
29 rue Danielle Casanova, 75001, Paris
France
Phone: +33 014 563 6660
E-mail: [email protected]

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