PREVIEW: Vortex (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Dario Argento (Bits and Pieces), Françoise Lebrun (The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq), Alex Lutz (Guy), Kylian Dheret (film debut), Laurent Aknin (I Stand Alone), Jean-Pierre Bouyxou (Killing Car), Corinne Bruand (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Gaspar Noé (Irreversible), director, writer; Brahim Chioua (Enter the Void), Vincent Maraval (Climax) and Edouard Weil (Love), producers; Benoît Debie (Lux Æterna), cinematographer; Denis Bedlow (Love), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Lui (Argento) and Elle (Lebrun), an elderly couple stricken by dementia, experience a series of delusions during their final days together…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Gaspar Noé, the French filmmaking provocateur, presents perhaps his most grounded film to date, with this emotional and heart-wrenching portrayal of dementia that’s on par with Michael Haneke’s Oscar-winning Amour.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH MAY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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