Passing
2021 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson), a refined, upper-class 1920s woman, finds breezy refuge from a hot summer day in the grand tearoom of New York City’s Drayton Hotel. Across the room, she spots a blond woman staring her down. Irene wants to steal away, but before she can, Clare Kendry (Ruth Negga) rushes over to stop her. It turns out the two were in high school together, and while both are African American women who can “pass” as white, they have chosen to live on opposite sides of the color line. Now, their renewed acquaintance threatens them both.
Direction Rebecca Hall
Cast Tessa Thompson · Ruth Negga · André Holland · Alexander Skarsgård · Bill Camp · Kerry Flanagan · Derek Roberts · Frank Holley · Tom White · Ashley Ware Jenkins · Doris McCarthy · Donna Hayes · Rahim Rosen · Antoinette Crowe-Legacy · Sienna Jeffries
Soundtrack Devonte Hynes
Screenplay Rebecca Hall · Nella Larsen
Cinematography Eduard Grau
Original title Passing
5.8
1K votes (FilmAffinity)
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