Let’s talk about sex
IRA SACHS, DIRECTOR OF PASSAGES, ON THE STIR SEX SCENES CAUSE IN MODERN CINEMA
WORDS OLLY RICHARDS
Close encounter: Tomas (Franz Rogowski) and Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos);
Dangerous liaison;
Tomas with husband Martin (Ben Whishaw);
The three leads with director Ira Sachs.
IRA SACHS THINKS we’re not getting enough sex. At least in cinema. His latest movie, Passages, caused a bit of a stir earlier this year for its frank depictions of sex. It centres on Tomas (Franz Rogowski), a movie director who has sex with a woman, Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos), after his movie’s wrap party, then goes home and tells his husband Martin (Ben Whishaw) all about it. As Tomas moves between his two lovers, driven by an unquenchable thirst for attention, sex is a means of connection, power, revenge, even rejection.