The Passerby

1982 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,245 VOTES · DIR. Jacques Rouffio

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Overview

Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting against violations of human rights. Why would he commit an act that apparently negates the principles he has striven for so long to uphold? As he is tried for first-degree murder for killing a Paraguayan ambassador in cold blood, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his wife Lina. His act is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier in his childhood...

Dialogue Timeline — 817 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:42 Lina!
00:06:10 Don’t answer. It’s only provocation.
00:10:15 Thanks, Max!
00:16:27 Yes, that’s right.
00:21:31 There’s nothing to ask. - I’m not asking anything, I’m just here.
00:26:21 And what was her name?
00:30:51 Closing all doors!
00:37:50 Would you like a newspaper? - Yes.
00:42:50 Erato leads me there with red roses. She’s my favourite muse
00:50:58 He didn’t live in the lap of luxury, but the basic necessities were taken care of.
00:54:19 She took me in. My father worked for her husband.
00:56:28 Tell me by the end of the week.
01:02:20 Which then means...?
01:06:07 Here he is!
01:08:14 And you, sir?
01:10:46 Not at all. Quite the opposite.
01:13:59 Did you get that? - It’s none of your business.
01:16:22 Marcel doesn’t know. Normally I’m here earlier, but Julie had no time.
01:19:45 that the men are regularly maltreated there.
01:23:46 My little Prince, someday I’m going to smack you.
01:33:10 Now you’ll have to go.
01:37:55 What did you do?
01:42:25 I wanted to do something, so that they were not simply forgotten.
01:45:59 6 months later, Lina and Max Baumstein were shot in front of their house. The rest is alright.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed817
Dialogue density7.4 lines / min
First line00:02:42
Final line01:45:59

Production Record

DirectorJacques Rouffio
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,245