Description: An irregular set of posts, weaving an intricate pattern around culture and technology. Alan ... in Belfast, Northern Ireland
In a world where a blog is created every second does the world really need another blog? Well, it's got one. An irregular set of postings, weaving an intricate pattern around a diverse set of subjects. Comment on culture, technology, politics and the occasional rant about life. Alan ... in Belfast, Northern Ireland
From the moment Adèle Exarchopoulos appears on-screen as Agathe it’s clear what will happen next. Her smouldering eyes, her dancing shoulders, all signal that Tomas is about to jump onto an unfaithful helter-skelter – a passionate, sweaty and noisy affair – that will disorientate his so-called loyalties. What is the nature of a healthy relationship? What constitutes an unhealthy coupling?
Passages starts out as a study of an obnoxious, egotistical man who is in love with himself more than his existing husband or his new mistress. Two thirds of the way through we linger in a bedroom with Agathe, lying on her mattress alone, listening to Tomas fighting and then canoodling with someone in the room next door. And despite spoilerific circumstances that I’ll not divulge in the review, in that moment she comes to terms with what had passed as a relationship and takes back control.