How Long Is “Passionada”?

Dan Ireland directs the romantic comedy Passionada about the Amontes, a Portuguese-American family living in New Bedford, MA. Celia Amonte (Sofia Milos) mourns the loss of her beloved husband, a fisherman who died at sea. She lives with her teenage daughter, Vicky (Emmy Rossum), and her mother-in-law, Angelica (Lupe Ontiveros). During the day she works as a seamstress in a textile mill, but in the evening she sings sad, melodic fado music. The rebellious Vicky sneaks out at night to go to the casino where she meets the charming British gambler Charlie Beck (Jason Isaacs). They strike a deal with each other: Charlie will teach Vicky how to count cards if she helps him get a date with her mother. Also starring Seymour Cassel as Charlie's friend Daniel.