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8/10 Unifrance Directed by François Rotger Initial release 12 July 2006 Music director Olivia Merilahti Written by François Rotger | 6.4/10 IMDb 3.1/5 Mubi Running time 88 minutes Director François Rotger Producer David La Haye | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Ian Boyd
Tom Dercourt
Mariko Hirakawa
David La Haye
Stéphane Raymond Starring Yusuke Iseya
Gabrielle Lazure
François Trottier
Kumi Kaneko
Yosuke Natsuki
Ryō Kase
Veroushka Knoge Music by Dan Levy, Olivia Merilahti Release date 6 August 2005 (2005-08-06) (Locarno Film Festival)
12 July 2006 (2006-07-12) (France) Cast Ryo Kase, Yūsuke Iseya, Gabrielle Lazure, Hiroya Morita Similar Diary of a Bachelor, After Office Hours, One Man Army, Chasing Ghosts, The Long Hair of Death | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The passenger
The Passenger is a film written and directed by François Rotger. It was produced in France, Canada, and Japan; and has dialogue in French, Japanese and English.
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It was nominated in the 2005 edition of the Locarno International Film Festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Angers's Premiers Plans European Film Festival.
From his early work, 74km avec elle (8 min, France, 35mm color) and Jan (21 min, France, HDcam color) author/director François Rotger explores the themes of deception and betrayal within the family circle, often leading to sudden and extreme violence.
Synopsis
Yakuza Naoki Sando (Yosuke Natsuki) discovers his daughter Hiroko (Kumi Kaneko) in bed with his adopted son Kohji (Yusuke Iseya). Three years later, Kohji is working the streets as a hustler, still yearning for a way to earn his estranged father's approval to continue his borderline incestuous relationship. Hiroko sees a way back to her brother's arms when Sando's shady colleague Marc Tanner (François Trottier) absconds to Canada with gambling funds destined for the big boss. Presumably with her father's permission, she calls Kohji and tells him to hurry to Montréal, recover the money and kill Tanner.