Ecstasy ( French: Climax ) is a film by French director Gaspard Noet , who also acted as screenwriter and editor of the film. Starring Sophia Butella .
| Ecstasy | |
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| Climax | |
 Russian poster of the movie Ecstasy | |
| Genre | thriller |
| Producer | Gaspard Noe |
| Producer | Vincent Maraval Edward Vale Alice Girard |
| Author script | Gaspard Noe |
| In the main cast | Sophia Butella Charlene Temple |
| Operator | Benoit Debi |
| Composer | Toma bangalter |
| Film company |
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| Duration | 95 minutes |
| Budget | € 2.6 million |
| A country |  France |
| Language | english french |
| Year | 2018 |
| IMDb | ID 8359848 |
The premiere took place at the Cannes Film Festival 2018 , where the film received the prestigious Art Cinema Award, the main prize in the program “Two Weeks of Directors”. Also on July 14, 2018, director David Cronenberg awarded Gaspar Noé the “NARCISSE” HR Giger Award of the Swiss Neuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival. The film was released in Russian rental on October 11, 2018.
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Production
- 4 Awards and nominations
- 5 Rating and criticism
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Story
The film is based on the story of the graduates of the Academy of Modern Dance in France, who had a farewell party, before touring in the USA. Graduates get together to prepare a dance show. At a farewell party, one of the participants mixes a strong synthetic drug into the punch, chaos reigns under the growing rhythm of music.
The slogan of the film is “Birth and death is an incredible experience, and life is an elusive pleasure. [1] "
Cast
- Sofia Butella - Selva
- Charlene Temple - Ivana
- Romain Guillermig - David
- Suheilah Yakub - Lou
- Kiddy Smile - Daddy
- Claude Gayan Mall - Emmanuel
- Gisele Palmer - Gazelle
- Taylor Castle - Taylor
- Tea Carla Schott - Psyche
- Lea Vlamos - Lea
- Alaya Alsafir - Alaya
- Kendall Magler - Rocket
- Lakdhar Dridi - Riley
- Adrian Sissoko - Omar
- Mamadou Batili - Bart
- Alu Sidibey - Lou
- Ashley Bisett - Ashley
- Vence Gaglio Kyuma - Tito
- Sarah Belala - Sarah
- Munia Nassanjar - Munia
- Tiffany O - Sayla
- Alexander Moreau - Cyborg
- Naab - Naab
- Strauss Serpent - Serpent
Production
According to director Gaspard Noet, from the very beginning the concept was to make a film with the very best dancers they could find both in France and abroad. In record time, the film crew found an abandoned school in Vitry and acquired the rights to the music that they wanted to include in the film.
| I have always been fascinated by situations in which chaos and anarchy begin to reign spontaneously ... The same applies to my work. I feel the greatest pleasure when I do not write anything in advance and, as much as possible, allow the action to develop before my eyes - as if in a documentary ... That is why instead of the usual script I took as a basis such a loud and complex story about dancers whose talent subdued me. "Gaspard Noe |
We started shooting with a description of the length of the page. In other words, the film was shot without a script prepared in advance. According to the director, apart from the first scene staged by the choreographers, the dancers were given “freedom of expression in their individual, almost unconscious, language, which allowed them to release deep inner feelings”. [2]
Another rule was to shoot fast and long takes, so in February 2018, the director shot all the scenes in two weeks. [2]
The scenes were shot in chronological order, however, contrary to the standard step-by-step dance staging, Gaspard Noé pushed the actors to imitate an obsession - “like a trance during occult rituals”. [2] This time the director had no goal through visual and sound effects to show the altered states of consciousness experienced by the characters of the film. On the contrary, he wanted the viewer to see what was happening from the side.
To prepare for the scenes, the dancers listened to music that was already specially selected for the film. In order to pay respect to the era depicted in the film, we chose such music - both energetic and more melodic - which was written no later than the mid-90s. In addition, in order to create a mood familiar to the viewer, they selected tracks that could be close to a wide audience. [2]
| With this project, I again had the opportunity to realize some of my desires and fears on the screen ...Gaspard Noe |
Awards and nominations
The picture was first shown in May 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival . The film won the International Confederation of Feature Film (CICAE) Award, which is the main award of the Directors' Double Week program.
On July 14, 2018, director David Cronenberg presented Gaspar Noé with the NARCISSE HR Giger Award at the Swiss Neuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival.
Rating and criticism
The film received positive ratings from film critics. On the Rotten Tomatoes website , the film rating is 90% based on 49 reviews with an average rating of 7.7 points out of 10 [3] . On Metacritic - 83 points out of 100 based on 18 reviews [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Climax (September 19, 2018). Date of treatment July 20, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Gaspar Noe. CLIMAX - Press Kit .
- ↑ Climax (2018) . Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Date of appeal May 31, 2018.
- ↑ Climax . Metacritic . Date of appeal October 31, 2018.
Links
- " Ecstasy ” on the Internet Movie Database