Director Gaspar Noé is not one to hide anything from the camera. In fact, with a Noé vehicle, audiences can expect high-intensity exposure, culminating in an intoxicating experience like none other. With credits to his name like “Love” and “Enter The Void,” Noé is poised to take audiences on another provocative, strobe-lit ride with “Climax.”
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Noé’s feature premiered at the recent Cannes Film Festival and, to his surprise, received the top honor at the Directors’ Fortnight by winning the Art Cinema Award. “Climax” was one of the films that relatively split audiences at Cannes. Nevertheless, Noé walked away a winner, in the form of an award and the collective discussion of his film.
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“Climax” is a wonder bomb of dancing, drugs, and sangria. Sofia Boutella (“Atomic Blonde,” “Hotel Artemis“) stars in Noé’s latest explosive feature. The first trailer felt more like a fever dream that kept us spinning. But the new trailer is a full-on bombastic romp. So grab a cup of sangria, and join the party.
A release date for “Climax” has yet to be announced.
Here’s the trailer and official synopsis provided by A24:
From director Gaspar Noé (Irreversible; Enter the Void; Love) comes a hypnotic, hallucinatory, and ultimately hair-raising depiction of a party that descends into delirium over the course of one wintry night. In Climax, a troupe of young dancers gathers in a remote and empty school building to rehearse. Following an unforgettable opening performance lit by virtuoso cinematographer Benoît Debie (Spring Breakers; Enter the Void) and shot by Noé himself, the troupe begins an all-night celebration that turns nightmarish as the dancers discover they’ve been pounding cups of sangria laced with potent LSD. Tracking their journey from jubilation to chaos and full-fledged anarchy, Noé observes crushes, rivalries, and violence amid a collective psychedelic meltdown. Starring Sofia Boutella (Atomic Blonde) and a cast of professional dancers, Climax is Noé’s most brazen and visionary statement yet.
