Synopsis
Life is a short party that will soon be forgotten.
Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.
Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.
Simon Beausoleil Pierre Buffin Camille Gibrat Mathieu Barbe Hugo Jean Aurélien Marquaille Balthazar Sahel
Rectangle Productions Goodfellas Les Cinémas de la Zone KNM Artémis Productions Srab Films Les Films Velvet Kallouche Cinéma
Au Bord du Monde, 볼텍스, Вихрь, 소용돌이, دوّامة, 旋涡, Vórtex, מערבולת, 漩渦, VORTEX ヴォルテックス
still not really sure what to make of this one, which is not a new experience for me with these recent gaspar noé movies. but what i Can say for now is this somehow uses his signature style to make something more intimate than anything he’s done, and it works really well. loaded? sure, i really wish he took more than what seemed like a month to edit this one. but the spontaneity at which this extremely dense movie was put together both heightens the rawness he’s going for and is also just pretty inspiring. if anything it proves the greater effect his aggressive style can have if he decides to take it seriously. idk if “seriously” is the right word but…
me in 2015: fangirls when one direction announce new music video
me in 2021: fangirls when gaspar noé announces new movie
FUCK.
This is unlike anything Gaspar has ever made. If you go into it wanting another Climax or Enter the Void, you should temper your expectations.
Essentially, this is Noé’s attempt at winning an Oscar, and I mean that in the best of ways possible. Think Amour by way of Lux AEterna.
Flawless from beginning to end. A masterpiece.
Gaspar clearly ran out of acid during the pandemic and went super realist
I do not recommend.
A movie to watch, then wander home and lie in bed thinking about for a while. So much to say about these two vessels experiencing their own realities, separated by illness, bound together by a home, and a history. Made me sad. But it’s also beautiful.
Calling the split screen a gimmick is just anti-art idk what to say to you.
me and the homies are ready to go to the mental hospital after this
to all those whose brains will decompose before their hearts
gaspar noé: pain
the saddest thing when your body turns on you, and the saddest thing when Gaspar Noé rubs it in our face; showcasing the untimely outcome of our evident expiration date.
exceptional storytelling here, a very humanistic / touching side of Noé that we surely don’t get to see enough of, his use of split screen gives us the opportunity to see the small things that become habits in a relationship, the things you’d miss when you lose someone close to you. Gaspar is known for using gimmicks in his films; here, split-screen which optimized the couples experiences throughout their day to day lives, following each, long take…
Noe the maximalist Noe the minimalist
🤝
People walking out of the theater
heartbreaking tale of the suffering women are forced to endure due to the evil pastimes of men (dealing heroin, reading film theory)
it may be a little quieter than his other flicks but make no mistake this is still very much a gaspar noé movie
Gaspar Noé's most contemplative and personal film. It's about an old couple who have been together for many decades. One random night, the wife wakes up and can't remember where she is. Just like that starts the beginning of the end. The opening text reads "To all those whose brain will decompose before their hearts." I think that better represents the sadness and helplessness of the film more than anything else.
Françoise Lebrun and Dario Argento play the married couple, with their names credited simply as Mother and Father. Lebrun is amazing and it's cool to see her in a more recent art house film since all of the classics she was in during the 70s. Seeing Argento here is…
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