Enter the Void (2009)

Director:

Gaspar Noé

Writer:

Gaspar Noé (written by)

Release Date:

February 2010 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A drug-dealing teen is killed in Japan, after which he reappears as a ghost to watch over his sister. |

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Nathaniel Brown	...	Oscar
Paz de la Huerta	...	Linda
Cyril Roy	...	Alex
Emily Alyn Lind	...	Young Linda
Jesse Kuhn	...	Young Oscar
Olly Alexander	...	Victor
Masato Tanno	...	Mario
Ed Spear	...	Bruno
Sara Stockbridge	...	Suzy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edward L. Papazian	...	Customer in dance club

Also Known As:

Soudain le vide (France)

Runtime:

161 min

Country:

France | Germany | Italy

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Fidélité Films

Trivia:

The 163 minutes version which was shown for the first at the Cannes film festival was not completely finished. After Cannes the post-production took 3 more months. Censorial, visual and auditory elements were accentuated. Gaspar Noé edited out 4 minutes of the film and added a 2 minutes opening sequence.

Trippy & dreamy, but be sure you're prepared

I attended the International Premiere of "Enter the Void" at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Fans of director Gaspar Noé, whose film "Irreversible" created a significant following, will not be disappointed. At two and a half hours long, this film is definitely not for everyone. But I knew that going in and got exactly what I'd hoped for and more. It's trippy, dreamy, and mesmerizing and left me shaking my head in wonder many times. Startling and risky performances punctuate the dazzling visuals. The biggest surprise for me: "Enter the Void" has much more of a narrative than I was expecting. I was prepared for a cinematic acid trip, which I got, but there is an actual storyline which threads through the experimental camera-work and effects which are at the heart of the film. I highly recommend this movie but with qualifications, though. There is a great deal of drug use and some explicit sex but the film is compelling.