Vortex
Synopsis
The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia. Using an unusual minimalist set-up and an unsettling slowness, Gaspar Noé films the tragedy of old age with shocking sobriety.
Largely improvised, the film captures the degeneration of a couple caught between loneliness, fear, pettiness, the desolation of living and the desperate anticipation of death.
Cast/Avec
- Françoise Lebrun
- Alex Lutz
- Dario Argento
Screenplay
- Gaspar Noé
Cinematographer
- Benoît Debie
Sound
- Ken Yasumoto
Production
- RECTANGLE PRODUCTIONS
- WILD BUNCH INTERNATIONAL
Screenings
Trailer and photos
Critics
Gaspar Noé
Gaspar Noé (1963, Argentina) is a director, producer, editor and screenwriter. He studied philosophy and film at the Ecole Louis Lumière in Paris. The visionary, inventive and provocative filmmaker directed number of short films, documentaries and six features, all presented at the Cannes Film Festival; I stand alone (1998), Irreversible (2002), Enter the Void (2009), Love (2015), Climax (2018) and Vortex (2021).
Filmography
- Pulpe amère (short) 1987
- Une expérience d'hypnose télévisuelle (short) 1995
- Carne (mid-length) 1991
