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Passion

Completed2012France, Germany94 min
At an advertising agency, Christine treats professional success as a game she expects to win. Her talented colleague Isabelle wants recognition…Read more +Read less −

At an advertising agency, Christine treats professional success as a game she expects to win. Her talented colleague Isabelle wants recognition for her work, but the attention Christine offers mixes encouragement with humiliation and control. As their relationship shifts between admiration, attraction and rivalry, the boundary between business strategy and private desire becomes increasingly difficult to locate. Isabelle’s assistant Dani observes more than either woman realizes, bringing her own attachment into an already unstable arrangement. An act of betrayal turns their contest into something far more dangerous. Brian De Palma’s thriller moves through a polished corporate world where images can be manipulated, loyalties are uncertain and the wish to be wanted can become another means of exercising power over someone else.

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Sapphic characters & cast

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

as Christine Stanford

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Scorpio

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Noomi Rapace

Noomi Rapace

as Isabelle James

Main sapphic character

Capricorn

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Karoline Herfurth

Karoline Herfurth

as Dani

Main sapphic character

Gemini

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Country
France, Germany
Language
English
Premiere
2012-11-28
Runtime
94 minutes
Director
Brian De Palma

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