The Passenger (2005 film)
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The Passenger is a film written and directed by François Rotger. It was produced in France, Canada, and Japan; and has dialogue in French, Japanese and English.
It was nominated in the 2005 edition of the Locarno International Film Festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Angers's Premiers Plans European Film Festival.
From his early work, 74km avec elle (8 min, France, 35mm color) and Jan (21 min, France, HDcam color) author/director François Rotger explores the themes of deception and betrayal within the family circle, often leading to sudden and extreme violence.
[edit] Synopsis
Yakuza Naoki Sando (Yosuke Natsuki) discovers his daughter Hiroko (Kumi Kaneko) in bed with his adopted son Kohji (Yusuke Iseya). Three years later, Kohji is working the streets as a hustler, still yearning for a way to earn his estranged father's approval to continue his borderline incestuous relationship. Hiroko sees a way back to her brother's arms when Sando's shady colleague Marc Tanner (François Trottier) absconds to Canada with gambling funds destined for the big boss. Presumably with her father's permission, she calls Kohji and tells him to hurry to Montréal, recover the money and kill Tanner.
[edit] Cast and crew
Written by François Rotger / Cinematography: Georges Lechaptois / Sound: Dana Farzanehpour, Olivier Dô Hùu / Music: Dan Levy, Irina Lazareanu / Cast: Yusuke Iseya, Gabrielle Lazure, François Trottier, Kumi Kaneko, Yosuke Natsuki, Ryo Kase, Veroushka Knoge
[edit] External links
- IMDB entry
- The Passenger official website
- Festival International Premiers Plans The Passenger in Angers festival
- review by Diane Pernet
- Variety review by Jay Weissberg
- Libération review by Philippe Azoury
- Libération interview by Didier Peron
- trailers on Allocine
- Cine Asie review on Cine Asie
- Telerama review by Frederic Strauss
- review by Alexandre Martinazzo
