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Passing is a 2021 American historical drama film written and directed by Rebecca Hall in her feature directorial debut. It is adapted from the 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen. Set in 1920s New York City, the film follows the intertwined life of a black woman (Tessa Thompson) and her white-passing childhood friend .
Oct 27, 2021 · Passing. Drama. 98 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2021. Odie Henderson. October 27, 2021. 7 min read. As I watched writer/director Rebecca Hall ’s adaption of Nella Larsen ’s 1929 novella, Passing, I couldn’t stop thinking about the story in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” where “a colored man” named Eliza Cottor sold his soul to the Devil.
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Passing begins with Irene “Rene” Redfield (Tessa Thompson) strolling down the streets of New York in the 1920s. Irene is a black woman with a European appearance and thus “passes” as white. A nervous and anxious Irene enters the white parts of New York and witnesses the city’s summer heat. While exploring, Irene helps a white woman, who perceives h...
Clare was beautiful, friendly, and charming. But she was also unhappy and unsatisfied. She fabricated her life with a false identity and a bunch of lies. In Irene, Clare saw a woman who was happy and satisfied with her own skin. Maybe Clare was envious, or maybe she wanted to live a carefree and unpretentious life like Irene. When Irene didn’t resp...
Irene was convinced that Brian was having an affair with Clare, and thus she distanced herself from both of them. During the Christmas season, Irene went shopping with Felise Freeland (Antoinette Crowe-Legacy). She encountered John on the street, who greeted Irene and stared at her black friend (Felise). Irene ignored John’s look, pretending not to...
Passing: Directed by Rebecca Hall. With Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Bill Camp. "Passing" follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rebecca Hall
- 2021-11-10
Irene Redfield, 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, Clare.
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white. Signed...
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- Drama
- PG-13
Nov 12, 2021 · What to know about Passing, the book. Courtesy of Netflix. The novel begins when Irene Redfield receives a letter from her childhood friend Clare Kendry, who wants to reconnect and reminisces on...
