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• Horror
• Drama

• 2018
• Gaspar Noé
• 96 mins
• 18

Summary

Psychological horror starring Sofia Boutella. A modern dance troupe decamp to an abandoned school to rehearse a routine. Part-way through, they discover their sangria has been spiked with LSD, which makes it increasingly difficult to distinguish hallucinations from reality.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Alan Jones

A French modern dance troupe rehearsing for an American tour drink LSD-laced sangria in Irreversible director Gaspar Noé's demented, tripped-out Fame, depicting the glorious highs of musical frenzy and the drug-fuelled destructive comedown that follows. Beginning with the end credits, and with bold statements like "Life is a collective impossibility" flashed up every so often, the movie starts with snippets of the young company's auditions. Thereafter, a series of brilliantly choreographed dance routines devolve from thrilling, hypnotic delight into chilling, shocking debauchery thanks to cinematographer Benoît Debie's access-all-areas Steadicam. Based on an urban legend from 1996, it either pretentiously signifies multicultural societal breakdown or just a very bad trip at your local nightclub. Whatever the case, it's electrifying throughout, a visually arresting chaos, with classic Giorgio Moroder, Cerrone, Soft Cell, Daft Punk and Patrick Hernandez tracks fuelling the controversial disco inferno.

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6.9/10

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Cast

rolenameSelvaSofia BoutellaDavidRomain GuillermicDaddyKiddy SmileLouSouheila YacoubEmmanuelleClaude Gajan MaullGazelleGiselle PalmerTaylorTaylor KastlePsycheThea Carla SchottIvanaSharleen TempleLeaLea Vlamos

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rolenameDirectorGaspar Noé

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Theatrical distributor

Arrow

Released on

2018-09-21

Languages

English | Russian | French

Guidance

Violence, swearing, drug abuse

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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