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An engaging portrait of the complicated intricacies of modern qu*er life. Another masterpiece from Ira Sachs

Part of me hated what this film seems to glorify in some ways, and part of me understood it. However, it's hard to completely agree with a plot that feels somewhat loosely structured, especially when a character's narcissism and toxicity takes center stage, and he remains your main figure and after the damage he did you let him finish the story with a smile on his face while he rides off on his **** it's terrible when this lead character and the rest of the characters are not genuinely interesting, because the story forces us to be uncomfortable witnesses driven by morbidity instead of a legitimate motivation.I wasn't disappointed, but I must say that it fell extremely short of what it could have been.

Tirando a beleza da Adèle Exarchopoulos e um roteiro que ao menos não cria personagens unidimensionais, tudo o mais está tão irritante neste filme. Primeiramente, não espere algo filmado de forma não convencional. Não há um plano sequer que seja longe de um folhetim comum televisivo, de modo que a fotografia está tão burocrática quanto os cenários que poderiam ao menos tentar conferir personalidade aos personagens principais. Entendo, no entanto, a limitação técnica, mas aí passamos para os diálogos e vemos que está muito longe daquilo que se espera. Os dois personagens principais são extremamente mimados e infantis, e e é como portassem um personagem que não casa com o visto em tela, ou pelo menos com todo o potencial que tinham. Assim, espere por conflitos que beiram a superficialidade de adolescentes, do tipo "ter a chave da casa do pareiro, ir sem avisar e encontrá-lo com outro", ou do tipo "vamos ter um relacionamento mais aberto, mas você está se apaixonando?". Não estou dizendo que os temas são desinteressantes, ao contrário, mas o caminho adotado na construção dos diálogos deixa muito a desejar, conflitos bobos de ciúme e de pessoas que não sustentam suas decisões explodem na tela, o que faz com que fiquemos com a sensação de que só há picuinhas a respeito. No entanto, os atores estão no timing certo, e são excelentes contracenando. O olhar que lançam um ao outro, até mesmo a tensão sexual entre eles, ao menos está convincente demais, o que garante boa diversão. Contudo, o desenvolvimento de suas tramas não está à altura. Uma pena.

Brilliant direction and performances. You could cut the tension with a knife. A complex emotional drama. Some straight people in the theatre (NYC) were clearly uncomfortable- hence the director crushed it.

Filme mostrar como o ser humano é mesquinho e so pensando em si mesmo, alem de você ter raiva do protagonista

German actor Franz Rogowski opens the film as a somewhat unkind and rather abrupt movie director. He befriends and beds a woman at the wrap party, then goes home to tell his husband about his newfound love. This awkward and discordant triangle focuses primarily on Rogowski's character, as he struggles between the 2 relationships. His nuanced performance is the film's fulcrum, but Ben Whishaw (as the husband) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (the girlfriend) add even more depth. Director Ira Sachs has made appreciating their performances frustrating with his use of static camera placement, sometimes blocking faces. It's also written with brief, often elliptical episodes. There are several sex scenes that are intense and naturalistic without being graphic. This is a complex, compelling drama about the realities and foibles of love and fidelity.

In 'Passages,' Ira Sachs takes us into the sickly and severely toxic dynamic generated by a man who emotionally destroys everyone he gets close to. In that sense, Franz Rogowski is the "heart" of the film; the man who moved us to tears in 'The Great Freedom' here becomes a vile being who manipulates, harasses, and harms his subordinates and his loved ones. The American director and the German actor make a great team designing a character with whom it is impossible to empathize despite his charm and fragile appearance. However, Rogowski's presence becomes a double-edged sword, as he always outshines Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopolulos, who don't generate much interest in their roles. And even when the story becomes redundant towards the end, the film delivers an unconventional exploration of contemporary romantic relationships.