Passages: French drama starring Ben Wishaw and Franz Rogowski in which a gay couple’s marriage reaches a crisis when one of them begins a passionate affair with a younger woman.
Plot and background
Filmmaker Tomas (Franz Rogowski) and graphic designer Martin (Ben Whishaw) have been in Paris together for 15 years. Their marriage is riddled with constant cheating by Tomas, Martin has only a weary shrug for it.
When a completed film project is celebrated in a club, Martin turns his back on Tomas, who gets involved with Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos). After an intoxicating night between Tomas and Agathe, Martin again only has a weary shrug of the shoulders, but for Tomas, feelings come into play that he hasn’t felt in a long time. Sooner or later, Martin also gets to know someone who is more interested in him than his husband. But the passion and love between Tomas and Martin is not over yet – says Tomas. A tangled love triangle begins, at the end of which almost everyone could be left with hurt feelings.
The trailer for the LGBTQIA+ drama:
“Passages” – background, cast, theatrical release
The LGBTQIA+ drama from director Ira Sachs (“Little Men”) stars Britain’s Ben Whishaw (“007” series), German star Franz Rogowski (“In the Aisles”) and France’s Adèle Exarchopoulos (“Blue is a Warm Color”) in the lead roles of this modern love triangle between two men and a woman. Filming took place in Paris in the fall of 2021, and Sachs co-wrote the screenplay with Mauricio Zacharias (“Young Men”).
Passages” premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in January, and was first seen in Germany in the Panorama section of the 2023 Berlinale. On August 31, 2023, “Passages” will be released regularly in German cinemas and received FSK clearance from the age of 16. Shortly after its theatrical release, “Passages” will be available on the streaming platform Mubi, which adds a different arthouse film to its program every day.
