PG-13 | 1h 38min | Drama, Mystery | 27 October 2021 (USA) For her feature filmmaking debut, English actress Rebecca Hall (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” “The Gift,” “Christine,” “The Night House”) chose to adapt “Passing,” the second and final novel by Nella Larsen, published in 1929. A mostly-overlooked tragedy, it is vast in symbolism with the same concise, poetic brevity of Hemingway and Shakespearean in its range, social commentary, and narrative breadth. Deceptively small in scope and modest in execution, Hall takes a less-is-more approach and as a result has made a movie that far exceeds the sum of its parts. There is no fancy camera work, no elaborate set designs, no explosions, no chase scenes, barely any profanity, and only implied, off-screen sensuality. The ensemble acting is off the charts, yet there are no prolonged soliloquies, no broad histrionic grandstanding, nor any emotionally draining monologues. While finding relief from the oppressive summer heat atop an open-air hotel …