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The Passengers

The Passengers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 2, 1999

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

56%

Original Title

Les Passagers

Director

Jean-Claude Guiguet

Description

The new Saint Denis-Bobigny streetcar picks up and drops off commuters in an all-too-brief transit of their lives. Among the regular riders is a woman who is both spectator and guide – she introduces, comments on, ponders and catalyzes the sometimes vain, sometimes serious preoccupations of her fellow travelers, who, for the moment, are rushing headlong toward their destiny. The commuters and their observer have double lives. Once they step off this streetcar, the real-life dramas begin. Each has his or her style of living or dying…