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Passing Through (1977)

Passing Through poster
Directed by
Larry Clark
Genre
drama
Country
United States of America
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A jazz musician returns to Los Angeles after a long prison sentence. He tries to reconnect with his family and old bandmates while facing the difficulties of reintegrating into the free world.

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What happens

Passing Through is a 1977 American film directed by Larry Clark and co-written by Clark and Ted Lange. In 2023, the film was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress after being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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