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Irréversible
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Irréversible () 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).
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Irréversible is a 2002 French film directed, written, and edited by Gaspar Noé. The cast includes Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, and Estella Warren. Vincent Cassel and Gaspar Noé served as producers, while Benoît Debie and Gaspar Noé were the directors of photography. Thomas Bangalter composed the music. The film was produced by StudioCanal and distributed by Netflix in video on demand format.
The narrative is set in Paris, which was also the filming location. The work is classified as a rape and revenge, crime, drama, and LGBTQ-related film, with revenge as its main subject. It was shot on 16 mm film. The original languages include Spanish, Italian, French, and English.
Runtime figures vary between 93 and 97 minutes. The film has received a TMDb vote average of 7.184 from 3,281 votes and an IMDb rating of 7.3 from 163,436 votes. Its production budget was 3,500,000, with a revenue of 6,500,000. The tagline is "Time destroys everything."
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7.2A 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.
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
Themes
- prostitute
- rape
- paris, france
- police
- nihilism
- homophobia
- homicide
- insanity
- heroin
- celibacy
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Irréversible
- Film.image
- Irreversible_ver2.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Gaspar Noé
- Film.writer
- Gaspar Noé
- Film.music
- Thomas Bangalter
- Film.editing
- Gaspar Noé
- Film.distributor
- Mars Distribution
- Film.runtime
- 97 minutes (original)86 minutes (Straight Cut)
- Film.country
- France
- Film.budget
- €4.6 million
- Film.gross
- €5.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Development and pre-production
- Filming
- Post-production
- Release
- Reception and legacy
- Accolades
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- External links
Irréversible () 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.
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