The Passenger

This thirtieth anniversary re-release of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1975 suspense-thriller follows a weary reporter, played by Jack Nicholson, through Africa, Germany, Spain, and England after heÕs traded identities with a dead man. The stiff, whose identity seemed innocuous, turns out to have been a key player in an international espionage plot, and when Nicholson realizes he’s in deep, he enlists the help of the mysterious “Girl” (the fetching French sensation Maria Schneider) to help him make sense of his new life. Antonioni’s elegant film showcases an American actor in a classically European cinematic moment, and the results are often striking. The seven-minute ending shot is utterly riveting, and utterly unlike anything Hollywood would have done. 612-825-6006; www.landmarktheatres.com