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Lux Æterna

2020 · 51 min

A disorienting, assaultive plunge into backstage chaos that builds to a punishing wall of strobing light and sound.

Directed by
Gaspar Noé
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Horror
Starring
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Béatrice Dalle, Abbey Lee
Overview
Charlotte Gainsbourg agrees to play a witch condemned to be burned at the stake in the first film directed by Béatrice Dalle. But the chaotic production, technical problems, and psychotic breakdowns gradually plunge the shoot into a chaos of pure light.

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Directed by
Gaspar Noé
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Horror
Starring
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Béatrice Dalle, Abbey Lee
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • power
  • madness
  • gender
  • obsession
Places
  • workplace
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, thriller, horror
Directed by
Gaspar Noé
Written by
Gaspar Noé
Starring
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Béatrice Dalle, Abbey Lee, Karl Glusman, Clara 3000, Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull, Félix Maritaud, Mica Argañaraz
Cinematography
Benoît Debie
Runtime
51 min
Country
France
Languages
English, French, German, Danish

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