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Irreversible

Year:
Duration:
97 min | Canada:99 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.4
Director:
Gaspar Noé
Awards:
5 wins & 7 nominations
Details
Country: France
Release Date: 2002-05-22
Filming Locations: Buttes Chaumont, Paris 19, Paris, France
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $60,086 (USA) (9 March 2003)
Gross: $753,501 (USA) (20 April 2003)
Cast
Actor
Character
Monica Bellucci
Monica Bellucci
Irreversible
Vincent Cassel
Marcus
Albert Dupontel
Pierre
Jo Prestia
Le Tenia
Philippe Nahon
L'homme
Stéphane Drouot
Stéphane
Jean-Louis Costes
Fistman (as Costes)
Michel Gondoin
Mick (as Gondouin)
Mourad Khima
Mourad
Hellal
Layde
Nato
Commissaire
Fesche
Chauffeur Taxi
Jara-Millo
Concha (as Jaramillo)
Le Quellec
Inspecteur
Isabelle Giami
Copine d'Alex enceinte (as Giami)
Fatima Adoum
Fatima (as Adoum)
Foulaux
Janice
Stéphane Derdérian
Client du Rectum (uncredited)
Christophe Lemaire
Le danseur avec la chemise hawaïenne (uncredited)
Eric Moreau
Extra (uncredited)
Gaspar Noé
Client du Rectum (uncredited)
Titof
Le mec sur le lit à la fête (uncredited)
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Trivia
This began life as a study of a committed relationship for director Gaspar Noé. He wanted to make the film with a real-life couple and husband and wife Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci ideally fit the bill. However, as the trio started workshopping ideas for the film, it started to take on a much darker hue.
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The blood on Alex' face, and the visible genitals of the rapist, both towards the end of the rape scene, were added digitally afterwards, as were the smashed-face effects in the club fight scene.
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Monica Bellucci admitted that she has never been able to watch the rape scene in its entirety.
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Goofs
At the party Vincent Cassel gives his characters name as "Vincent" instead of "Marcus." He quickly covers his mistake and saves the scene.
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When Alex is in the bed with her boyfriend and they get up to dance, the whole film crew is mirrored on the glass of the window.
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As the subway arrives, Pierre describes it as blue. Actually it is green and white.
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Quotes
Marcus: Off to The Rectum!
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Woman on Street: Take the underpass. It's safer. 1 of 1 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Permalink Hide options [First lines] Philippe: You want me to say it? Time destroys everything.
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Alex: You know what people say? There are no women who can't come, only men who can't fuck.
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Faq
Q
What is the meaning of the sequence of flashing lights at the end?
A
The flashing lights are to create a sense of uneasiness again. Gaspar Noe uses low frequency sound to create nausea, headaches, and disorientation in the beginning and uses it again here to make the viewer feel sick after the mood changes dramatically.Also it symbolizes the chaos that occurs in the universe & how life can easily spiral out of control as it does in the movie.
Q
What is the fire extinguisher scene?
A
During the movie one of the leads searches for the suspected rapist in an underground sex club. When he locates someone that he believes to be the man (but isn't) a fight between the two ends with a brutal repeated head bashing of the suspect with a fire extinguisher. The scene is hyper-realistic and hard to watch.
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Photos from cast
Monica Bellucci
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