The Pass (2016)

Directed by

Ben A. Williams

Genre

drama film, association football film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

12

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 133 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows two English football players over ten years as their private relationship shapes their public lives. It shows the pressures of their hidden connection and how it affects them personally and professionally.

intimatetensemelancholicemotionally chargedquietly intensecharacter-drivenbittersweetclaustrophobic

What happens

The Pass is a 2016 film starring Russell Tovey and Arinze Kene. It was directed by Ben A. Williams, based on a play by John Donnelly. The film is about a relationship between two men who are English football players, and how their lives unfold over the course of a decade. The film was nominated at the 2017 BAFTA Awards, in the category of Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for John Donnelly and Ben Williams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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