Irreversible

Watch: Irreversible

3/22/20031h 34m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Time destroys everything. ~

Overview:

A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.

Director:

Gaspar Noé

Status:

Released

Language:

French

Buget:

$3,500,000.00

Revenue:

$6,500,000.00

Key words:

prostitute
rape
paris, france
police
nihilism
homophobia
homicide
insanity
heroin
celibacy
trauma
assault
masochism
gore
knife
violence against women
love
revenge
fear
cruelty
brutality
drugs
evil
boyfriend
lgbt
misogyny
debauchery
degeneration
disfigurement
rape and revenge
dehumanization
new french extremism
altruism

Cast

Monica Bellucci

~ as ~

Alex

Vincent Cassel

~ as ~

Marcus

Albert Dupontel

~ as ~

Pierre

Jo Prestia

~ as ~

The Tapeworm

Philippe Nahon

~ as ~

Man

Stéphane Drouot

~ as ~

Stéphane

Jean-Louis Costes

~ as ~

Fistman

Mick Gondouin

~ as ~

Mick

Mourad Khima

~ as ~

Mourad

Layde Hellal

~ as ~

Layde

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Reviews (2)

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Segfault
Written 9 month(s) ago
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Deceived by 7+ rating I started watching. After 15 minutes I still forced myself to keep watching. After 30 minutes I had seen nothing worth to see, wasted half an hour of my life. What a dull obnoxious movie. Even the camera work is irritating.
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akarta
Written 2 month(s) ago
10
Firstly this is one of the best films of 2000-10 period, the film is in reverse order concerning its story, so the opening really is the ending of the film, and the ending is actually the start of the film, so please be aware when watching this film its in reverse order story wise and, its camera work is certainly one of the best ever produced, the sound work mirrors the camera work, and is very hypnotic, and is meant to create a state of nausea and anxiety, it is very gritty gay scene in france and its hyper realistic violence and rape scenes within this film, which very few people will enjoy actually watching it, because of that or the reverse order of the story, if your going to watch it only watch the first version of it. do not watch the Straight Cut version of the film that was made afterwards, because it tries to place things in the correct chronological order for the small brained people out there, which also simply removes the deeper level of the film, and once again it is not a film for everyone, why very few people will actually understand it or enjoy it, or even the deeper level its trying to show, concerning life. life is time and time destroys everything (Le temps détruit tout). And for fans of I Stand Alone, Butcher makes an appearance in the start, i would also recommended watching Enter the Void (2010) also excellent.