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Passage (2009 film)

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Passage
Directed byShekhar Kapur
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBenoît Debie
Edited byJacob Craycroft
Music byA.R. Rahman
Production
company
Distributed byCurious Pictures
Release date
Running time
16 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Switzerland
LanguageEnglish

Passage is a 2009 American-Swiss drama short film, the first to be directed by Shekhar Kapur,[1][2] starring Haley Bennett, Lily Cole and Julia Stiles.[3]

Premise

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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

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  • Haley Bennett as Abby
  • Lily Cole as Tania
  • Julia Stiles 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 as man in bar

Production

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The music for Passage was composed by A.R. Rahman,[4][5][6] and the project was shot in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.[3] The film was financed by the Austrian company Swarovski and was screened in their "Swarovski Crystal Worlds".[7]

Response

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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."[8]

References

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  1. ^ Mahesh, R. Richard (September 11, 2009). "A.R. Rahman's 'Passage' wins appreciations". Real Bollywood. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "Rahman & Shekhar Kapur team up for Passage". SIFY. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b "ARR does Passage for Shekhar Kapur". India Glitz. September 10, 2009. Archived from the original on September 14, 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  4. ^ Ganguly, Prithwish (September 10, 2009). "The sweet sound of Rahman's music". DNA India. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  5. ^ "Rahman scores for short-film". Radio and Music. September 15, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  6. ^ "Rahman and Shekhar Kapur join hands for Kapur's first ever short film Passage". Bollywood Hungama. September 9, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  7. ^ "Exotik in der Wunderkammer". Der Standard (in German). June 29, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  8. ^ "Trailer for Shekhar Kapur's latest PASSAGE starring Julia Stiles". Quiet Earth. April 22, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
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