Irréversible (2002)
- Directed by
- Gaspar Noé
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film, rape and revenge film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 3,349 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two men in Paris search for the man who raped and beat the woman they love. The story unfolds in reverse chronological order over a single night.
harrowingvisceralrelentlessdisorientingbleakfeverishnauseatingtraumaticbrutal
What happens
Irréversible (French: [iʁevɛʁsibl]) is a 2002 French art thriller film written, directed, and edited by Gaspar Noé, who also served as co-cinematographer with Benoît Debie. It depicts the events of one night in Paris as two men (Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel) attempt to avenge the brutal rape and beating of the woman they love (Monica Bellucci). The film is made up of a title sequence followed by 14 segments made to look like long takes, each of which is either a continuous shot or a series of shots digitally composited to resemble a continuous shot. The story is told in reverse order. Theatrically released in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, Irréversible competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival where around 200 people walked out of the screening. It won the Bronze Horse at the Stockholm International Film Festival. Critical reception was polarised, with praise towards the performances and Noé's direction, but criticism towards its graphic portrayal of violence and rape. American film critic Roger Ebert called Irréversible "a movie so violent and cruel that most people will find it unwatchable". A recut version of the film putting the narration in chronological order, Irreversible: Straight Cut (French: Irréversible – Inversion intégrale), was screened in 2019 at the 76th annual Venice International Film Festival. This was later released in US theatres on a limited run in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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La guerre à Paris (2002)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.