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Irreversible: The Straight Cut

Irréversible

Gaspar Noé’s re-cut follows events in chronological order, but is no less brutal.

  • Director

    Gaspar Noé

  • With

    Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Albert Dupontel

  • France 2002. 86min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    18

  • English subtitles

In 2019 Gaspar Noé returned to his 2002 film Irreversible to tell the story of Marcus and Pierre’s revenge mission in chronological order. Noé’s clock-wise recut goes beyond a linear reassembling of the narrative. It creates a shift in tone, leading us to relate and empathise with the characters in a different way, while losing none of the original story’s shocking cruelty.

Contains scenes of graphic violence and sexual violence that some viewers may find distressing.

See the original theatrical version.