The Passenger (2021 film)

The Passenger (Spanish: La pasajera) is a 2021 Spanish science-fiction comedy horror road movie directed by Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez which stars Ramiro Blas, Cecilia Suárez, Paula Gallego and Cristina Alcázar.

The Passenger
SpanishLa pasajera
Directed by
  • Raúl Cerezo
  • Fernando González Gómez
Written by
  • Luis Sánchez-Polack
  • Javier Echániz
  • Asier Guerricaechebarría
Starring
CinematographyIgnacio Aguilar
Production
companies
  • Persons Films
  • La Dalia Films
  • SG Producciones
  • Eye Slice Pictures
Distributed byKarma Films
Release dates
  • 9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) (Sitges)
  • 18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Four people with different backgrounds (a skeevy driver, a religious Mexican, and a posh woman with her wayward teen daughter) coincide on a van trip across empty Spain.[1][2] They come into contact with an extraterrestrial entity, which possesses women and chops off the head of men.[3]

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Luis Sánchez-Polack based on a previous screenplay by Javier Echániz and Asier Guerricaechebarría.[2] The Passenger is a Persons Films, La Dalia Films, SG Producciones and Eye Slice Pictures production, and it had support from Gobierno de Navarra and Navarra Film Office.[4] It was fully shot in Navarre.[4]

Release

The film screened at the Sitges Film Festival on 9 October 2021.[6] Distributed by Karma Films,[4] it was theatrically released in Spain on 18 February 2022. Distributed by Dark Star Pictures, the film is set for a 3 June 2022 limited theatrical release in the United States, followed by a streaming and DVD release after 28 June.[7]

Reception

Pablo Tocino of Mondosonoro scored 7 out of 10 points, considering that while Cristina Alcázar and Cecilia Suárez' performances are more than adequate, those of Ramiro Blas and Paula Gallego stand out in particular.[2]

Miguel Ángel Romero of Cinemanía gave the film 2 out of 5 stars considering that the film, blending B movie exploitation and Spanish costumbrismo, features comedy moments alongside a great deal of cringe.[8]

Beatriz Martínez of El Periódico de Catalunya also rated it with 2 out of 5 stars, considering that although the film achieves a personality of its own, the special effects do their job, and the film displays a "non-negligible" degree of visual imagination, there is something unsettling lurking throughout the film, namely the ambiguity towards machismo.[1]

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