2009 · drama · fantasy
Enter the Void
Directed by Gaspar Noé2h 41m2009
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
Our read: Enter the Void (2009) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal drama · fantasy entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / fantasy, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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