At Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ira Sachs spoke about his newest film, PASSAGES. The story is a wonderfully prickly tale about a narcissistic film director Tomas (Frank Rogowski), who upends his marriage to Martin (Ben Whishaw) by sleeping with a woman, Agathe (Adele Exarchopoulos). Our review by Jim Ross described it as a “film [that] captures the exhilarating highs and lows of new and broken romances”.
Connor Lightbody: How are you enjoying Edinburgh?
Ira Sachs: I love it. I first came here when I was 10, with my mom and two sisters. That was in 1975, and I always remembered the small streets, gothic buildings, and greyness, which I find so romantic. The festival here is very alive and vibrant and full of originality. There’s a tradition of art in the city that makes people interested in the present, in what’s happening now. I feel that with the cinema in the city too.
This was posted on August 24th 2023. Full interview linked below.
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