''Passage'' is a 2009 American-Swiss

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

, the first to be directed by

Shekhar Kapur Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award and three F ...

, starring

Haley Bennett Haley Loraine Keeling (born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Haley Bennett, is an American actress. She made her film debut in the romantic comedy ''Music and Lyrics'' (2007) and has since appeared in films such as '' The Equalizer'' ( ...

Lily Cole Lily Luahana Cole (born 27 December 1987)"Autobiography"
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and

Julia Stiles Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American actress. Stiles began acting at the age of 11 as part of New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Her film debut was a small role at age 15 in '' I Love You, I Love You Not'' (1996), ...

Premise

Three estranged sisters reunite one night when the oldest comes back for her two younger sisters after leaving them years before in mysterious circumstances.

Cast

as Abby *

Lily Cole Lily Luahana Cole (born 27 December 1987)"Autobiography"
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as Tania *

as Ella * Agustina Cabo as little Tania * Pilar Calviello as little Ella * Maite Lanata as little Abby * Tomas Decurgez as Abby's boyfriend * Ricardo Merkin as conductor *

Vikram Chatwal Vikram Chatwal (born November 1, 1971) is an American hotelier and actor. Early life and education Chatwal was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and his family moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 1970s and then to New York City in the 1980s, ...

as man in bar

Production

The music for ''Passage'' was composed by

A.R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967), also known by the initialism ARR, is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and philanthropist known for his works in Indian cinema ...

, and the project was shot in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

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Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

. The film was financed by the Austrian company

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and was screened in their "Swarovski Crystal Worlds".

Response

In noting Shekhar Kapur was already known for '' Elizabeth: The Golden Age'', toward ''Passage'' '' Quiet Earth'' wrote that "the photography and the possibilities of the storyline are just way too good to pass up."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Passage (2009 film) 2009 drama films 2009 short films 2009 films American drama short films Films scored by A. R. Rahman Films about sisters Films directed by Shekhar Kapur Films shot in Buenos Aires Swiss drama films Swiss short films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language short films