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The Passenger

I used to be somebody else...but I traded him in.

1975 · 2h 6m · PG Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

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Overview

David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.

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88%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Earlier Antonioni films have often seemed studied, but not this one. Its details are easy and apropos.

Penelope Gilliatt, New Yorker
Fresh

What in different hands would have been a bombastic psychological thriller becomes a stark study of existential alienation.

Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

The best of Antonioni's three English-language pictures.

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh

The Passenger is a marvel of quiet insight in many ways, not least of which is the chance to view Jack Nicholson before he became JACK NICHOLSON.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh

A creator of lonely worlds, Mr. Antonioni painted one of his most vivid portraits of isolation with The Passenger.

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News

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