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7.2David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as David Locke
- Maria Schneider as Girl
- Jenny Runacre as Rachel Locke
- Ian Hendry as Martin Knight
- Steven Berkoff as Stephen
- Ambroise Mbia as Achebe
Themes
- hotel
- journalist
- london, england
- barcelona, spain
- africa
- war correspondent
- identity
- munich, germany
- passport
- europe
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
28,127 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
90/100
- Year
- 1975
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 5 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Italian
- Professione: reporter
- Directed by
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Written by
- Mark Peploe , Michelangelo Antonioni, Peter Wollen
- Produced by
- Carlo Ponti
- Starring
- Jack Nicholson , Maria Schneider , Steven Berkoff , Ian Hendry , Jenny Runacre
- Cinematography
- Luciano Tovoli
- Edited by
- Michelangelo Antonioni, Franco Arcalli
- Music by
- Ivan Vandor
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Compagnia Cinematografica Champion , CIPI Cinematografica, Les Films Concordia
- Distributed by
- Cinema International Corporation
- Release dates
- 28 February 1975 ( 1975-02-28 ) (Italy) 18 June 1975 ( 1975-06-18 ) (France) 20 May 1976 ( 1976-05-20 ) (Spain)
- Running time
- 126 minutes
- Countries
- Italy, Spain, France
- Languages
- English, German, Spanish, French
- Box office
- $768,744 (2005 re-release)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Passenger (Italian: Professione: reporter) is a 1975 drama thriller film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Written by Antonioni, Mark Peploe, and Peter Wollen, the film is about a disillusioned Anglo-American journalist, David Locke (Jack Nicholson), who assumes the identity of a dead businessman while working on a documentary in Chad, unaware that he is impersonating an arms dealer with connections to the rebels in the civil war. Along the way, he is accompanied by an unnamed young woman (Maria Schneider).
The Passenger was the final film in Antonioni's three-picture deal with producer Carlo Ponti and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, after Blowup (1966) and Zabriskie Point (1970). The film received strong reviews, with critics praising Antonioni's direction, Nicholson's performance, the cinematography, and its themes of identity, disillusionment and existentialism. During the film's release, it was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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