Irreversible (2002)


Irreversible
Release Date22 May 2002
TaglineLe temps détruit tout - Time destroys everything
GenreThriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
CountryFrance
Filming LocationsButtes Chaumont, Paris 19, Paris, France
LanguageFrench, Spanish, Italian, English
Sound MixDTS, Dolby Digital
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCrime Drama, Marriage Drama
MoodAbandon All Hope, Uncomfortable Viewing
ThemesOut For Revenge, Woman In Jeopardy, Faltering Friendships, Mind Games
TonesParanoid, Lurid, Menacing, Sexual, Confrontational, Tense, Claustrophobic
TagsBrutality, French [nationality], Gay Bashing, Nightclub, Rape, Sodomy, Violence

Irréversible is a 2002 French film written, directed, photographed, and edited by Gaspar Noé. It stars Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel. Several reviewers declared it one of the most disturbing and controversial films of 2002. The film employs non-linear narrative. The music is by French electronic musician Thomas Bangalter, who is best known as half of the band Daft Punk.


Cast and Crew


Jo Prestia
Le Tenia

Philippe

Stéphane Drouot
Stéphane

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

Stéphane Derdérian
Client du Rectum

Christophe Lemaire
Le danseur avec la chemise hawaïenne

Eric Moreau
Extra

Client du Rectum

Titof
Le mec sur le lit à la fête

Director

Producer

writer, co-producer

co-producer

Brahim Chioua
co-producer

Emmanuel Gateau
consulting producer

Richard Grandpierre
co-producer

Christophe Rossignon
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Benoît Debie
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Editor

Casting Director

Jacques Grant
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Production Designer

Alain Juteau
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Costume Designer

Laure Culkovic
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Makeup Department

Pierre Chavialle
hair stylist

Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
special makeup effects artist

Ghislaine Tortereau
hair stylist

Production Manager

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

Visual Effects

Rodolphe Chabrier
visual effects supervisor

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

Production Company

120 Films
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Eskwad
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Grandpierre
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Les Cinémas de la Zone
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Nord-Ouest Productions
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Rossignon
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Studio Canal
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Distributor

Mars Distribution

Accent Film Entertainment
,

Alamode Film

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Atlantis Entertainment

BIM Distribuzione

Comstock

Distribution Company

Frenetic Films

Lions Gate Films

Metro Tartan Distribution Ltd.

Muse Productions

Paradiso Entertainment

Argentina Video Home
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Europa Filmes

Legend Films International

Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment

Palisades Tartan

Paradiso Home Entertainment

Tartan Video

Universum Film (UFA)
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Warner Home Video






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