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Irreversible is a french film of genre Drama directed by Gaspar Noé released in USA on 7 march 2003 with Monica Bellucci

Irreversible (2002)

Irreversible
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Released in USA 7 march 2003
Length 1h37
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating72% 3.6492553.6492553.6492553.6492553.649255

Irréversible ([iʁevɛʁˈsiblə]) is a 2002 French mystery thriller film written and directed by Gaspar Noé, starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel. The film employs a non-linear narrative and follows two men as they try to avenge a brutally raped girlfriend. The soundtrack was composed by the electronic musician Thomas Bangalter, who is best known as half of the duo Daft Punk.

American film critic Roger Ebert called it "a movie so violent and cruel that most people will find it unwatchable." Irréversible competed at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and won the Stockholm International Film Festival's award for best film.

Irreversible has been associated with a series of films defined as the cinéma du corps ("cinema of the body"), which according to Palmer share affinities with certain avant-garde productions: an attenuated use of narrative, assaulting and often illegible cinematography, confrontational subject material, a pervasive sense of social nihilism or despair. Irreversible has also been associated with the New French Extremity movement.

Synopsis

Irréversible contains thirteen scenes presented in reverse chronological order. They are discussed here in the film's chronological order.

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