Passages

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 (Transit), Ben Whishaw (Women Talking) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Color). 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 filmmaker Tomas begins a passionate affair with Agathe (Exarchopoulos), a younger woman he meets after completing his latest film. Perceptive, intimate and unabashedly sexy, Passages sees Sachs infusing his typically tender style with a uniquely European sensibility, providing a provocative take on the complexities, contradictions and cruelties of love and desire.  (Dir. Ira Sachs, 2023, France/Germany, in English/French with English subtitles, 91 mins., Not Rated/Rated R equivalent)