There's something beautifully raw about European cinema. "Passages" is a film about how a person's ego can cause other people pain. A movie about how a person does not feel whole inside of a relationship but needs constant affirmation and sometimes is getting that by causing pain to the other person. "Passages" is a movie about the complexity of relationships and about that dynamic between the pair. The protagonist is a really easy to hate person portrayed brilliantly by Rogowski. You simply cannot find yourself rooting for that guy, he just acts like everyone is owning him their admiration and love. Ben Whishaw plays the betrayed husband. He allows himself to be directed by his husband's whims until he really cannot take them any longer. Exarchopoulos is portraying the new love interest. Everything just happens to show us that people like our protagonist are bound to make other people unhappy because they have no sense of self control. An interesting exploration of human relationships and human psychology, "Passages" is a really good movie.
Review of Passages
