Port Authority (2021)

Audience Score
64
Review Score
60
R 1 hr 34 minMay 28th, 2021Drama
After getting kicked out of his home in central Pennsylvania, Paul (Fionn Whitehead) arrives to NYC's dizzying central station with nowhere to go. A momentary encounter with Wye (Leyna Bloom), a trans woman of color, leads him to seek her out. Transfixed by her beauty and confidence, a love soon blossoms. But as the two learn more about each other, Paul's false narratives begin to surface and the double life he lives must be reconciled.
DirectorDanielle Lessovitz

Port Authority Review

Port Authority opens with Paul (Fionn Whitehead) with a suitcase, walking through the titular New York bus terminal, calling someone that doesn’t pick up the phone. No one walking through the station has seen the woman pictured on the phone, either. Paul’s on his own.

Paul briefly steps outside the station and catches the eye of Wye (Leyna Bloom), who is hanging out with her rag-tag group of dancing friends. But Paul is still too shocked to be on his own, and having nowhere else to go, he tries to sleep on a subway train. Harassed then attacked by a couple of homophobic jerks, Paul is rescued by Lee (McCaul Lombardi) who sets him up with a bed in a shelter and offers him work.

So starts the story of Paul coming to New York and eventually finding a family of sorts. The bad news is that the film is more focused on Paul and his emotional journey, rather than Wye, who is frankly much more interesting.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:May 28th, 2021
On Digital & Streaming:June 1st, 2021 - Watch Now
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Frédéric de Goldschmidt, Bobby Allen, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Efe Çakarel, Lourenço Sant'Anna, Martin Scorsese, Sophie Mas, Celina Torrealba, Lawrence Snookie Taylor, Fernando Fraiha
Production Companies:Madeleine Films, RT Features, Sikelia Productions, Rhea Films, Hercules Film Fund, MUBI
Movie Tags:
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