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Irréversible

Movie · 2002 · 97 min

A punishing, disorienting descent into brutality and grief, told backwards so that tenderness curdles into dread.

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2002 film by Gaspar Noé
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Year
2002
Runtime
97 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • violence
  • trauma
  • fate
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension9
Darkness10
Complexity8
Emotional weight10

Details

Genres
drama, crime, rape and revenge, LGBTQ-related
Directed by
Gaspar Noé
Written by
Gaspar Noé
Starring
Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Estella Warren, Philippe Nahon, Jo Prestia, Jean-Louis Costes, Stéphane Drouot
Music
Thomas Bangalter
Cinematography
Gaspar Noé, Benoît Debie
Runtime
97 min
Country
France
Languages
French, Italian, Spanish, English

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