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Enter the Void (2009)

NOT_RATED  161 min  -  Drama | Fantasy   -  5 May 2010 (France)
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A drug dealer becomes interested in death and re-incarnation after reading "The Tibetan Book of the Dead". Suddenly dead, his soul floats though Tokyo observing the dramas of his friends and foes. An oath determines his next step 'as a soul'.

Director:

Gaspar Noé

Writers:

Gaspar Noé, Lucile Hadzihalilovic (with the help of)
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Enter the Void -- A drug-dealing teen is killed in Japan, after which he reappears as a ghost to watch over his sister. Enter the Void -- Trailer for Enter The Void
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paz de la Huerta ...
Linda
Nathaniel Brown ...
Cyril Roy Cyril Roy ...
Alex
Olly Alexander Olly Alexander ...
Victor
Masato Tanno Masato Tanno ...
Mario
Ed Spear ...
Bruno
Emily Alyn Lind ...
Little Linda
Jesse Kuhn ...
Little Oscar
Nobu Imai Nobu Imai ...
Tito
Sakiko Fukuhara Sakiko Fukuhara ...
Saki
Janice Béliveau-Sicotte Janice Béliveau-Sicotte ...
Mother (as Janice Sicotte-Béliveau)
Sara Stockbridge Sara Stockbridge ...
Suzy (as Sarah Stockbridge)
Stuart Miller Stuart Miller ...
Victor's Father
Emi Takeuchi Emi Takeuchi ...
Carol (as Yemi)
Rumiko Kimishima Rumiko Kimishima ...
Rumi
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Storyline

Tokyo's nasty underside, seen primarily through the eyes of Oscar, a druggie, whose sister Linda is a stripper. Oscar also has flashbacks to his childhood when trauma upends the siblings. Oscar's drug-fed hallucinations alter Tokyo's already-disconcerting nights, and after the police shoot him, he can float above and look down: on his sister's sorrow, on the rooms of a love hotel, and on life at even a molecular level. The spectrum's colors can be beautiful; it's people's colorless lives that can be ugly. And what of afterlife, is there more than a void? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Flashback | Ghost | Police | Hallucination | Stripper  | See more »

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

France | Germany | Italy | Canada

Language:

English | Japanese

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Soudain le vide See more »

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada See more »

Box Office

Budget:

€13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$43,651 (USA) (26 September 2010) (3 Screens)

Gross:

$336,467 (USA) (26 December 2010)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Fidélité Films, Wild Bunch, BUF See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital  | DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The exact running time at the BFI London Film Festival was 161 minutes. When the film was theatrical released in France on 5th of May 2010, the running time was approximately 154 minutes (official press book). It's clear that Gaspar Noé made some further minor changes: for example the opening credits at BFI London Film Festival were slightly different in its typography and the music from "LFO-Freak" wasn't used there either. See more »

Goofs

Crew or equipment visible: During the first sequence in the "Sex, Money, Power" strip club, the camera and jib/crane are visible in the reflection of the platform the dancers are on. See more »

Quotes

Oscar: Hey, man... that's my sister, okay? So don't touch her.
Mario: [smirks] Be a good brother.
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Crazy Credits

At the Cannes Film Festival the film was screened without any opening or closing credits, the film began with "ENTER" and ended with "THE VOID". See more »

Connections

Referenced in Stockholms 20th International Film Festival (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Mergence"
Performed by Zbigniew Karkowski See more »