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Passion

Play trailer Poster for Passion 2011,  1h 30m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 89% 38 Reviews Tomatometer 63% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
89% Tomatometer 38 Reviews 63% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Actor John Turturro examines the musical culture of Naples, Italy, in this documentary. Arguing that the city's music has been influenced by its many residents and invaders, from the ancient Greeks to American troops occupying the country after World War II, Turturro presents musicians performing both old and new material. Among the artists are sultry singer M'barka ben Taleb, and saxophonist James Senese, whose Italian mother and unknown black American father equally inform his work.

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Joe Williams St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 9, 2011
3/4
Turturro creates the sense that music spews spontaneously from the average Neapolitan and limits the film's educational quotient. But as anyone who has been to Naples knows, you don't go there to learn but to live, out loud. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Dec 1, 2011
3.5/4
It's a happy ramble through the storied streets with Turturro as our guide, not pretending to be an expert; it's more like having a good friend take you to this place he really loves. Go to Full Review
Ty Burr Boston Globe Nov 25, 2011
3/4
Close to the sublime, especially if you have a thing for sensuous Italians of either gender unleashing ballads of soaring romantic masochism. Go to Full Review
Stephen Saito Moveable Fest Jan 9, 2019
Passione" succeeds at being as entertaining as its subject matter, replicating the "avalanche" of sound. Go to Full Review
Pat Padua DCist Aug 30, 2018
...the kind of multi-genre mix tape that comes from an omnivorous musical palette. Yet all of it is Neapolitan, from a region that contains multitudes, and whose voices are raised, if not in unison, in harmony. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jan 14, 2013
B
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John Turturro

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John Turturro

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Max Casella

Soldier

Massimo Ranieri

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Mísia

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Pietra Montecorvino

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Synopsis Actor John Turturro examines the musical culture of Naples, Italy, in this documentary. Arguing that the city's music has been influenced by its many residents and invaders, from the ancient Greeks to American troops occupying the country after World War II, Turturro presents musicians performing both old and new material. Among the artists are sultry singer M'barka ben Taleb, and saxophonist James Senese, whose Italian mother and unknown black American father equally inform his work.
Director
John Turturro
Distributor
Abramorama
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 22, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$258.2K
Runtime
1h 30m
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