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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   25,872 votes
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Director:
Gaspar Noé
Writer:
Gaspar Noé (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 May 2002 (France) more
Tagline:
Le temps détruit tout - Time destroys everything more
Plot:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the... more | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
Interesting film technique without much substance more

Cast

  (in credits order)

Monica Bellucci ... Alex

Vincent Cassel ... Marcus
Albert Dupontel ... Pierre
Jo Prestia ... Le Tenia
Philippe Nahon ... Philippe
Stéphane Drouot ... Stéphane
Jean-Louis Costes ... Fistman
Michel Gondoin ... Mick
Mourad Khima ... Mourad
Hellal ... Layde
Nato ... Commissaire
Fesche ... Chauffeur Taxi
Jara-Millo ... Concha
Le Quellec ... Inspecteur
Giami ... Isabelle
Adoum ... Fatima
Foulaux ... Janice
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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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Directed by
Gaspar Noé 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Gaspar Noé  writer

Produced by
Vincent Cassel .... co-producer
Brahim Chioua .... co-producer
Emmanuel Gateau .... consulting producer
Richard Grandpierre .... co-producer
Gaspar Noé .... co-producer
Christophe Rossignon .... producer
 
Original Music by
Thomas Bangalter 
 
Cinematography by
Benoît Debie 
Gaspar Noé 
 
Film Editing by
Gaspar Noé 
 
Casting by
Jacques Grant 
 
Production Design by
Alain Juteau 
 
Costume Design by
Laure Culkovic 
 
Makeup Department
Pierre Chavialle .... hair stylist
Jean-Christophe Spadaccini .... special makeup effects artist
Ghislaine Tortereau .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Serge Catoire .... production manager
Eric Chabot .... unit manager
Virginia Lombardo .... unit manager
Ève Machuel .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stéphane Derdérian .... first assistant director
Olivier Théry-Lapiney .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Pascal Gras .... carpenter
 
Sound Department
Jean-Luc Audy .... sound
Xavier Bonneyrat .... assistant sound editor
Marc Boucrot .... sound
Olivier Busson .... boom operator
Valérie Deloof .... sound
Cyril Holtz .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Special Effects by
Rodolphe Chabrier .... special effects supervisor
 
Visual Effects by
Xavier Fourmond .... digital compositor
Stéphanie Machuret .... senior digital compositor: Mac Guff Ligne
Christophe Richard .... digital artist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
David Campbell .... crane operator: Super Technocrane
Eric Catelan .... Steadicam operator
Benoît Debie .... lighting designer
Denis Gaubert .... assistant camera: second unit
Jérôme Mauduit .... assistant camera: second unit
Antoine Rabaté .... assistant camera
Sébastien Saadoun .... assistant camera
Mathieu Szpiro .... gaffer
 
Other crew
Marielle Duigou .... production assistant
Virginia Lombardo .... assistant location manager
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Irreversible (USA)
Irreversibel (Austria) (DVD title) (Germany) [de]
Необратимость (Russia) [ru]
Alex (Japan: English title) [en]
Dönüs yok (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Irreversível (Brazil) [pt]
Irreversible (Norway) [no]
Irreversible - syntiset (Finland) [fi]
Mi anastrepsimos (Greece) [el]
Nieodwracalne (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:
97 min | Canada:99 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
France
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Portugal:M/18 | Peru:18 | Argentina:18 | Brazil:18 | Iceland:16 | Canada:18+ (Québec) | Canada:R (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:R | Austria:18 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:III (cut) | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM18 | Japan:R-18 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:(Banned) (video rating) | New Zealand:R18 (film festival rating) | Norway:18 | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) | South Korea:18 (cut) | Spain:18 | UK:18
Company:
120 Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The blood on Bellucci's face towards the end of the rape scene was added digitally afterwards, as were the smashed-face effects in the club fight scene. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Alex walks down the stairs of the tunnel, the knot of her dress around her neck and her hairstyle change after the camera shows the sign "passage" and comes back to Alex's back. more
Quotes:
Marcus: Off to The Rectum! more
Movie Connections:
References Possession (1981) more
Soundtrack:
Symphony No. 7 in A Major op. 92 more

FAQ

What is the fire extinguisher scene?
What is the meaning of the sequence of flashing lights at the end?
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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Interesting film technique without much substance, 18 July 2005
5/10
Author: Cristian Cercel (accercel@yahoo.co.uk) from Bucharest, Romania

Yes, the film technique is prodigious and inventive, but that's about all this film has to show. In his tentative to make out of Irreversible a subtle meditation about relationships, love, violence and destiny, the director succeeds only in having a juvenile, therefore superficial, glimpse at all these themes. Irreversible lacks substance and unfortunately this lack of substance is not compensated by the visual spectacle: the Dantesque homosexual bar called Rectum or the infamous rape scene, probably the longest in the history of cinema are images/scenes one can't easily forget. Characters aren't veridical - and that's a flaw in a movie that tends to talk about life and destiny. The script, the lines have the same shortcomings and only the fact that the movie runs from the end to the beginning makes it a little bit more interesting. But I'm afraid this couldn't be enough to make it worth viewing.

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