Director Ira Sachs’ “Passages” is a steamy, unrated drama about an unconventional love triangle, with one character sporting a wardrobe as unpredictable as his destructive libido.
’ opening scene. At the last shoot day for his latest film, Tomas wears a basic black hoodie and some casual gray slacks. It’s hardly the outfit of a burgeoning style icon. But later that night, at the film’s wrap party, Tomas has shed his hoodie for a form-fitting, black knitwear top, which is loosely constructed to appear sheer through the many holes in its fabric.
Eventually, the pair wind up back at Tomas’ intern Erica’s apartment, where the party continues. Both dance-floor darlings find themselves alone in the kitchen, where it becomes clear that the lustful aura surrounding them isn’t merely an effect of the booze. They move to a bedroom and kiss, before Agathe removes Tomas’ sweater, stripping the thin layer of clothing that separated them all night and seeing the body that she had only been able to imagine through a dark silhouette of skin.
Once again, the transparency of the sheer fabric conveys Tomas’ innate sexuality without him having to say a word. It’s the kind of clothing item that’s so impossibly alluring that you’d ask a partner to keep it on during sex, which is exactly what Tomas does while he and Agathe screw on the couch.
Tomas and Martin then engage in the best sex scene of any film this year, one that essentially got the film
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