An NC-17 rating would limit the audience, as no one under 17 would be admitted.
Certain theaters would also likely not carry it.
We hunger for movies that are in any proximity to our own experience, the director added.
Adèle Exarchopoulos and Franz Rogowski in ‘Passages’Sundance Film Festival
Distributor MUBI acquired the film out of Sundance.
MUBI submitted director Ira SachsPassagesto the MPA in anticipation of the theatrical release in the United States.
We unexpectedly received an NC-17 rating, which may limit the films ability to play in some cinemas nationwide.
We are deeply disappointed by the MPAs decision and MUBI has officially rejected this NC-17 rating.
Its so 1950s that this still exists, Sachs said of the MPA decision.
Theres no untangling the film from what it is, the filmmaker concuded.
It is a film that is very open about the place of sexual experience in our lives.
And to shift that now would be to create a very different movie.
