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The Passenger
MEANRANK
79/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Metacritic critics on 90. Critics average 89, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A journalist on assignment in North Africa becomes disillusioned with his life and work. When a fellow guest at his remote hotel dies suddenly, he impulsively decides to assume the dead man's identity. He soon discovers that the man was an arms dealer involved in dangerous political intrigues, pulling him into a world he cannot control.
Details
- Director
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Writers
- Mark Peploe, Michelangelo Antonioni, Peter Wollen
- Released
- 28 February 1975
- Country
- Italy, France, Spain, United States
- Language
- English, Spanish, German, French
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rated
- PG
- Box office
- $768.7K
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films 1975 | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |
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