Passages

64th TIFF: Greek Premiere

In Ira Sachs’s films, just as in real life, love is strange and love triangles are equilateral. Tomas is a self-centered, talented director who, at the wrap party for his new film, chooses to let his low-key husband go home alone, opting to spend the night with another woman instead. Thus begins the emotional and sexual tangle of the film involving Frank Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, and Adele Exarchopoulos, which is a delight to watch but likely quite challenging to experience. Sachs captures the complexity of relationships with his familiar disarmingly honest approach, recognizing the turbulent nature of desire and examining the characters’ most vulnerable yet toxic sides. If you're expecting a well-rounded romantic story, feel free to pass, but if you're not afraid of love even if it hurts, bleeds, and leaves scars, this may well be the movie of your life.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Ira Sachs

Script: Mauricio Zacharias, Ira Sachs

Cinematography: Josée Deshaies

Editing: Sophie Reine

Sound: Thomas Gastinel, Anne Gibourg

Music: Elise Luguern, Josette Music Club, Lucile Egal, Lola Ryckelinck

Actors: Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos

Production: SBS Productions

Producers: Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt

Costumes: Khadija Zeggaï

Production Design: Pascale Consigny

Make Up: Natali Tabareau Vieuille

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: France

Production Year: 2022

Duration: 91'

Contact: SBS Distribution

Awards/Distinctions: Audience Award (Best Film) – Atlántida Film Fest 2023

Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs was born in 1965 in Memphis, Tennessee. His feature films include Passages, Frankie (Cannes Competition, 2019), Little Men (Grand Prix, 2016 Deauville American Film Festival), Love is Strange, Keep the Lights On (Teddy Award, 2012 Berlinale), Forty Shades of Blue (Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, 2005 Sundance) and his first feature, The Delta. His short film, Last Address, honoring a group of NYC artists who died of AIDS, has been included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum and the MoMA. A 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, Sachs is also the Founding Director of Queer|Art, a non-profit that provides support for LGBTQ+ artists in film, performance, literature, and the visual arts.