"The Passage" is a road-movie quite unlike any other. A woman dying of
cancer, a man just released from prison and a British artist take a road
trip together through Texas, each finding some kind of spiritual
'awakening' on the journey. It may sound precious and 'arty' but it
isn't. The actors aren't 'actors' but real people playing themselves and
their experiences feel real than than contrived. The director, Roberto
Minervini, isn't well known; in fact I have to confess I never heard of
him before seeing this movie. An Italian, you could say he brings an
outsider's chilly eye to bear on proceedings and he photographs
landscape, not from the perspective of a tourist, but a realist. This is
independent film-making of the rawest kind and it won't be to
everyone's taste but if you are prepared to stick with it, it has much
to offer and is often deeply moving.
Saturday, 20 April 2019
THE PASSAGE ***
"The Passage" is a road-movie quite unlike any other. A woman dying of
cancer, a man just released from prison and a British artist take a road
trip together through Texas, each finding some kind of spiritual
'awakening' on the journey. It may sound precious and 'arty' but it
isn't. The actors aren't 'actors' but real people playing themselves and
their experiences feel real than than contrived. The director, Roberto
Minervini, isn't well known; in fact I have to confess I never heard of
him before seeing this movie. An Italian, you could say he brings an
outsider's chilly eye to bear on proceedings and he photographs
landscape, not from the perspective of a tourist, but a realist. This is
independent film-making of the rawest kind and it won't be to
everyone's taste but if you are prepared to stick with it, it has much
to offer and is often deeply moving.
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