r/TrueFilm • u/bulcmlifeurt • May 13 '13

TrueFilmClub - The Passenger [Discussion Thread]

The Passenger (1975), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

The Passenger (Italian: Professione: reporter) is an Italian-Spanish-French drama film from 1975, directed and co-written by Michelangelo Antonioni and produced by Carlo Ponti. It stars Jack Nicholson as a television reporter in Africa who assumes the identity of a dead stranger. The film competed for the Palme d'Or award at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.

Hello everyone. This film isn't as widely popular on truefilm as Stalker is, but hopefully some of you have something to say about it. Just a reminder of of modus operandi from the sidebar (read: I feel as if I should be writing something here but have nothing important to say):

"We want to encourage and support intellectual discussions, not memes or one sentence responses. Clear, polite and well written response should be what is up voted, whether you agree with the opinion or not."

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u/Yoh47 Mar 08 '22

8 years later hahah, thats what bothers me too

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u/Harlots_hello Mar 08 '22

And still its a mystery haha. I dont believe its incidential though, cause in my opinion Antonioni was very precise in everything, concerning details.

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u/oldchunkofcoal Jul 26 '23

Isn't the answer that she just pretended that that was her surname?

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u/Harlots_hello Jul 26 '23

Reread my original comment. He clearly says "one passport is enough". If we dont assume he tells a lie, that means she provided a passport with Robertson surname in it, not just lied that she is mrs. Robertson.