Climax (2018)

French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.

Director:

Gaspar Noé

Writer:

Gaspar Noé

Stars:

Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub

4 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sofia Boutella	...	Selva
Romain Guillermic	...	David
Souheila Yacoub	...	Lou
Kiddy Smile	...	Daddy
Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull	...	Emmanuelle (as Claude Gajan Maull)
Giselle Palmer	...	Gazelle
Taylor Kastle	...	Taylor
Thea Carla Schott	...	Psyche
Sharleen Temple	...	Ivana
Lea Vlamos	...	Lea
Alaia Alsafir	...	Alaya
Kendall Mugler	...	Rocket
Lakdhar Dridi	...	Riley
Adrien Sissoko	...	Omar
Mamadou Bathily	...	Bats

Storyline

In the mid 1990's, 20 French urban dancers join together for a three-day rehearsal in a closed-down boarding school located at the heart of a forest to share one last dance. They then make one last party around a large sangria bowl. Quickly, the atmosphere becomes charged and a strange madness will seize them the whole night. If it seems obvious to them that they have been drugged, they neither know by who nor why. And it's soon impossible for them to resist to their neuroses and psychoses, numbed by the hypnotic and the increasing electric rhythm of the music. While some feel in paradise, most of them plunge into hell.

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Plot Keywords:

gay | written by director | dancing | snow | sangria | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Music | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing content involving a combination of drug use, violent behavior and strong sexuality, and for language and some graphic nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

France Belgium USA Switzerland Monaco

Language:

French English

Release Date:

1 March 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Climax

Filming Locations:

France

Box Office

Budget:

€2,600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rectangle Productions, Wild Bunch, Les Cinémas de la Zone

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Inspired by the works of directors like Fassbinder, Pasolini, Bunuel, Todd Solondz and Lars von Trier.

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Goofs

While the movie is supposed to be set in 1996, which is confirmed by the clothes, the music and the lack of smartphones, the French spoken in the film is very much 2010s, with many anglicisms or other recent verbal tics heard throughout the movie.

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Crazy Credits

Like many of Gaspar Noé's films, the typical closing credits are played at the beginning of the film.

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Connections

References Zombie (1979)

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Soundtracks

Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)
Composed by Erik Satie
Performed by Gary Numan
(c) Published by Numan Music USA LLC
Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd
Courtesy of Beggars Banquet Records Limited
By arrangement with Beggars Group Media and Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd

User Reviews

This is not a movie to watch, this is an experience to have

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