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Ira Sachs Wanted to Make Passages for … Love

It’s a love story, and, baby, Ira Sachs just said “yes.” At the Vulture Spot at Sundance 2023, the director explained that love drove him to make his latest film, Passages. The movie follows two men who are in a long-term relationship and what happens after one of them cheats with a woman. “[I was] really wanting to make a film about love and its complexity and intimacy,” Sachs said. “And wanting, really, to make a movie in which the audience feels very close. What they do in front of the camera is quite aesthetically and erotically and emotionally engaging.” Stars Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Franz Rogowski — who play Martin, Tomas, and Agathe, respectively — joined Sachs to discuss what it was like to fill out the corners of this onscreen love triangle. Above, see the team discuss:

➽ Which layer of the movie might be “easy to forget”
➽ Whether the three main characters are drama queens
➽ How cinema can be a way to ask questions

Ira Sachs Wanted to Make Passages for … Love