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'''''Climax''''' is a 2018 [[Musical film|musical]] [[drama]] [[thriller film]] written, co-edited and directed by [[Gaspar Noé]]. The film stars [[Sofia Boutella]] alongside an ensemble cast of supporting roles. Set in the mid-1990s, the story follows a group of French dancers who gather at an abandoned school for a late-night rehearsal. However, they begin to suffer vivid and surreal hallucinations when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD. The film was an [[international co-production]] between producers in France and Belgium.
'''''Climax''''' is a 2018 [[Musical film|musical]] [[psychological horror]] film<ref> https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/gaspar-no/60513/gaspar-noe-interview-american-horror-movies-are-more-moralistic</ref> written, co-edited and directed by [[Gaspar Noé]]. The film stars [[Sofia Boutella]] alongside an ensemble cast of supporting roles. Set in the mid-1990s, the story follows a group of French dancers who gather at an abandoned school for a late-night rehearsal. However, they begin to suffer vivid and surreal hallucinations when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD. The film was an [[international co-production]] between producers in France and Belgium.


''Climax'' premiered on 10 May 2018 in the [[Directors' Fortnight]] section at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival]] where it won the Art Cinema Award. It was theatrically released in France on 19 September 2018 by [[Wild Bunch (company)|Wild Bunch]] and in Belgium on 21 November 2018 by O'Brother Distribution. The film received critical acclaim, with many praising the performances, direction, cinematography and soundtrack.
''Climax'' premiered on 10 May 2018 in the [[Directors' Fortnight]] section at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival]] where it won the Art Cinema Award. It was theatrically released in France on 19 September 2018 by [[Wild Bunch (company)|Wild Bunch]] and in Belgium on 21 November 2018 by O'Brother Distribution. The film received critical acclaim, with many praising the performances, direction, cinematography and soundtrack.

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Climax
French theatrical release poster
Directed byGaspar Noé
Written byGaspar Noé
Produced by
  • Edouard Weil
  • Alice Girard
  • Vincent Maraval
Starring
  • Sofia Boutella
  • Kiddy Smile
  • Roman Guillermic
  • Souheila Yacoub
  • Claude Gajan Maull
  • Giselle Palmer
  • Taylor Kastle
  • Thea Carla Schott
CinematographyBenoît Debie
Edited by
  • Denis Bedlow
  • Gaspar Noé
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • O'Brother Distribution (Belgium)
  • Wild Bunch (France)
Release dates
  • 13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) (Cannes)
  • 19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) (France)
  • 21 November 2018 (2018-11-21) (Belgium)
Running time
96 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Belgium[1]
  • France
Languages
  • French
  • English
Budget€2.6 million
Box office$902,558[3][4]

Climax is a 2018 musical psychological horror film[5] written, co-edited and directed by Gaspar Noé. The film stars Sofia Boutella alongside an ensemble cast of supporting roles. Set in the mid-1990s, the story follows a group of French dancers who gather at an abandoned school for a late-night rehearsal. However, they begin to suffer vivid and surreal hallucinations when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD. The film was an international co-production between producers in France and Belgium.

Climax premiered on 10 May 2018 in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Art Cinema Award. It was theatrically released in France on 19 September 2018 by Wild Bunch and in Belgium on 21 November 2018 by O'Brother Distribution. The film received critical acclaim, with many praising the performances, direction, cinematography and soundtrack.

Plot

In 1996, a large group of dancers are finishing off three days of rehearsals inside an abandoned school. After displaying an elaborate dance routine for their manager Emmanuelle, the group celebrate by partying and drinking sangria that Emmanuelle has made. The diverse group have several personal issues and share gossip about one another during the celebration.

As the party progresses, the dancers get increasingly more agitated and confused, until it is eventually deduced that the sangria has been spiked with LSD. First the group accuse Emmanuelle of spiking the punch but she states that she also drank it so there's no reason it would be her. With the situation spiralling out of control, Emmanuelle locks her young son Tito in an electrical room to keep him away from the spiked drink and the agitated dancers. The troupe then accuse one of the dancers, Omar, of spiking the drink as he hasn't drunk anything and lock him outside in freezing conditions.

Lead dancer Selva notices her friend Lou is very withdrawn and after an argument with one of the dancers called David who intends to sleep with all the women in the group, follows Lou to her room where Lou confesses she hasn't drunk the sangria as she fears she is pregnant. One of the dancers, Dom, enters and heavily affected by the spiked drink, accuses Lou of spiking the drink. She kicks Lou several times in the stomach and leaves, passing an altercation between dancers Alaya and Jennifer, in which Jennifer's hair is set on fire.

A frenzied Lou confronts Dom with a knife but the other dancers believe Dom's story of Lou spiking the drink. They convince her to start mutilating herself with the knife which she does until she flees into the bathroom. The LSD increases in intensity and the school descends into anarchy. Emmanuelle loses the key to free Tito and as she searches for it, the lights go out indicating that Tito has touched the electrical wires and has died. The now fully insane dancers descend into more violence and anarchy.

Selva's hallucinations intensify and she eventually takes shelter with Ivana. The pair have sex which David stumbles across before leaving. He encounters one of the girls that has been trying to hook up with him, Gazelle, in the bathroom where her brother Taylor is attempting to have sex with her. Gazelle flees from Taylor and stumbles into the central hall where several dancers have truly lost their minds; writhing on the floor, chanting in tongues, having sex with one another or beating each other. Taylor catches up to Gazelle and takes her to his room while David is attacked by another dancer and is knocked unconscious.

The police arrive the next morning and find the dancers unconscious or in bed. However Omar has frozen to death outside while Emmanuelle has killed herself outside the electrical room out of grief for Tito. As the police search the building, Ivana's girlfriend Psyché wakes up and drops drugs into her eyes. A book in her room titled "LSD Psychology" heavily implies that Psyché spiked the sangria in order to see how the dancers would react. Meanwhile a blood stained Lou writhes around in the snow outside laughing.

Cast

  • Sofia Boutella as Selva
  • Romain Guillermic as David
  • Souheila Yacoub as Lou
  • Kiddy Smile as Daddy
  • Claude Gajan Maull as Emmanuelle
  • Giselle Palmer as Gazelle
  • Taylor Kastle as Taylor
  • Thea Carla Schott as Psyché
  • Sharleen Temple as Ivana
  • Lea Vlamos as Lea
  • Alaia Alsafir as Alaya
  • Kendall Mugler as Rocket
  • Lakdhar Dridi as Riley
  • Adrien Sissoko as Omar
  • Mamadou Bathily as Bats
  • Alou Sidibe as Alou
  • Ashley Biscette as Ashley
  • Vince Galliot Cumant as Tito
  • Sarah Belala as Jennifer

Release

The film screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Art Cinema Award.[6][7][8] Afterwards, the film was acquired for release in the United Kingdom by Arrow Films[9] and in the United States by A24.[10] The film was released in France on 19 September 2018 by Wild Bunch Distribution and in Belgium on 21 November 2018 by O'Brother Distribution. It was released in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2018 by Arrow Films.[11] The film will be released in the United States on 1 March 2019 by A24.[12]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 86%, based on 59 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Challenging and rewarding in equal measure, Climax captures writer-director Gaspar Noé working near his technically brilliant and visually distinctive peak."[13] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[14]

References

  1. ^ "Climax (2018)". BFI. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Climax". British Board of Film Classification. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Climax". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Climax (2018)". The Numbers. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  5. ^ https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/gaspar-no/60513/gaspar-noe-interview-american-horror-movies-are-more-moralistic
  6. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (17 April 2018). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight unveils 2018 line-up". Screen Daily. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (17 April 2018). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Boasts Colombia's 'Birds of Passage,' Nicolas Cage in 'Mandy'". Variety. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  8. ^ Hopewell, John (4 June 2018). "Cannes: Gaspar Noe's 'Climax' Wins Directors' Fortnight Top Prize". Variety. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  9. ^ Grater, Tom (17 May 2018). "Gaspar Noé's 'Climax' sells to UK (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  10. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (14 May 2018). "A24 Acquires Gaspar Noe's Provocative Cannes Film 'Climax'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  11. ^ Collinson, Gary (28 July 2018). "Arrow announces UK release details for Gaspar Noe's Climax". Flickering Myth. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  12. ^ Squires, John (10 December 2018). "A24 Dates Gaspar Noé's 'Climax' for Early 2019 Release". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Climax (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Climax Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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