This included a 9-minute-long rape and scene, portrayed in a single, unbroken shot. The film consists of about a dozen apparently unbroken shots melded together from hundreds of shots. Irréversible was shot using a widescreen lightweight Minima Super16 mm camera. Noé first found financing for Irréversible after he pitched the story to be told in reverse, in order to capitalize on the popularity of Christopher Nolan's film Memento (2000). In the final scene, Alex is shown reading in a park before the film transitions to a strobe effect that ends with the message "Le Temps Detruit Tout" ("Time destroys everything"). The film also reveals Alex received a positive result on a pregnancy test she took at the start of the day. It is implied Alex left the more reserved Pierre for the uninhibited Marcus because he could not satisfy her sexually, which Pierre holds frustration over. The later scenes of the film depict Alex, Marcus, and Pierre earlier in the day. Concha identifies Le Tenia as Alex's rapist, setting up the events at the Rectum. The group tracks down Concha, the prostitute, through ID she dropped at the scene. After Marcus and Pierre discover Alex being taken away by paramedics, they encounter street criminals Mourad and Layde, who offer to help them find the culprit. Le Tenia turns his attention to Alex, raping her and beating her into unconsciousness. She walks home alone through a pedestrian underpass and witnesses a transgender prostitute being beaten by Le Tenia, who is revealed as the companion of the man killed at the Rectum.
In the film's chronology, Alex leaves a party attended by the two men due to Marcus' behavior. Pierre retaliates by beating the man to death with a fire extinguisher as the man's companion watches in amusement.Īs the film progresses, it is revealed the two men are attempting to avenge a brutal attack on Alex, Marcus' girlfriend and Pierre's former lover. Marcus gets into a fight with a man he suspects of being Le Tenia, who breaks his arm and attempts to anally rape him. The following scene shows a volatile Marcus and a reluctant Pierre enter the Rectum in search of an individual known as Le Tenia. Two men are taken outside the club: Marcus, who is on a stretcher, and Pierre, who is arrested by the police. ĭuring a night in Paris, emergency personnel respond to an altercation at the Rectum, a gay BDSM club.
American film critic Roger Ebert called Irréversible "a movie so violent and cruel that most people will find it unwatchable". Critical reception to the film was mixed, with praise towards the performances and Noé's direction, but criticism towards its graphic portrayal of violence and rape. Released theatrically in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Irréversible competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and won the Bronze Horse at the Stockholm International Film Festival. The film is told in reverse order, with each scene taking place chronologically before the one that precedes it. Starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, and Albert Dupontel, it depicts the events of a tragic night in Paris as two men attempt to avenge the brutal rape and beating of the woman they love.
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