126 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. In English, German, Spanish, and French with English subtitles. DCP.
Three-time Oscar-winner Jack Nicholson and iconic screen beauty Maria Schneider (Last Tango in Paris) star in The Passenger, a cinematically brilliant romantic thriller written and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni 1995 Honorary Award (Blow Up, L’Avventura). When a fellow traveler dies suddenly, burned-out journalist David Locke (Jack Nicholson) assumes his identity. Using the dead man’s datebook as a guide, Locke travels throughout Europe and Africa, taking meetings with dangerous gun runners and falling for a beguiling young woman (Marie Schneider). But his exciting newfound freedom carries a fateful price as Locke realizes he is in over his head. Featuring a tour-de-force performance by Nicholson, The Passenger won the Bodil Award in 1976 for Best European Film and was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.
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