Passion (2012)

The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.

Director:

Brian De Palma

Writers:

Brian De Palma, Natalie Carter (film "Crime d'amour")

Stars:

Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rachel McAdams	...	Christine
Noomi Rapace	...	Isabelle
Karoline Herfurth	...	Dani
Paul Anderson	...	Dirk
Dominic Raacke	...	J.J. Koch
Rainer Bock	...	Inspector Bach
Benjamin Sadler	...	Prosecutor
Michael Rotschopf	...	Attorney Isabelle
Max Urlacher	...	Rolf
Jörg Pintsch	...	Mark
Trystan Pütter	...	Eric
Patrick Heyn	...	Manager
Carlo Castro	...	Fashion Show Choreographer
Melissa Holroyd	...	Beate
Ian T. Dickinson	...	Officer (as Ian Dickinson)

Storyline

The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.

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Plot Keywords:

female in shower | forced kiss | sex toy | lesbian kiss | sex tape | 

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Taglines:

Love is a dangerous game.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, language and some violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Noomi Rapace was cast, she suggested Rachel McAdams for the role of Christine, because they had worked together on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and wanted to repeat the experience, this time with plenty of on-camera interaction.

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Goofs

Exterior shot supposedly in London - see the double-decker bus - except the vehicles are driving on the wrong side of the road. The scene was actually shot in Berlin, Germany.

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Quotes

Christine Stanford: Why?
Isabelle James: You knew about the memo: they wanted to change it. I thought they were wrong, so I did what had to be done. Everything happened really fast. I tried to update you outside but you weren't answering...
Christine Stanford: Just answer the question. Why?
Isabelle James: I watched you. I listened, I learned. I did exactly what you would do. There's no backstabbing here, Christine, it's just business.
Christine Stanford: Well, there it is then.

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Connections

Featured in Passion: Talking About 'Passion' (2013)

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Soundtracks

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra BWV 1041 - Adante
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Violin: Takako Nishizaki (as T. Nishizaki)
By Capella Istropolitana conducted by Oliver Dohnanyi (as O. Dohnany)
Kapagama / Naxos - HNH International

User Reviews

It's OK

Watchable De Palma time killer that borrows heavily from the director's earlier works...which in turn borrowed heavily from Alfred Hitchcock. Whole lot of borrowing going on. Still, that has little to do with judging how entertaining the film is and more about judging its artistic value.

My first impression of Rachel McAdams is that she was miscast but I accepted her more as the film goes on. Noomi Rapace is fine. I assume both women were intentionally directed to act in a somewhat peculiar manner by De Palma. It bears pointing out for those misled by the poster, trailer, or press for this film that it's not really the sexy lesbian thriller it's made out to be. That stuff only plays a peripheral role in the film and you never get any particularly sexy scenes between McAdams and Rapace as one might be led to believe by the marketing.

Still, it's an entertaining enough movie. Not De Palma's best but far better than his last two films.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

France Germany Armenia Monaco

Language:

English German

Release Date:

30 August 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Passion

Filming Locations:

Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$33,400, 1 September 2013

Gross USA:

$92,181

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$713,616

Company Credits

Production Co:

SBS Productions, Integral Film, France 2 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1