2021 · drama
Vortex (2021)
Directed by Gaspar Noé2h 22m2021
Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.
Our read: Vortex (2021) (2021) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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