Vortex

2021
2h 22m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

9.9K

YOUR RATING

Dario Argento and Françoise Lebrun in Vortex (2021)

The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.

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The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

9.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 8 wins & 10 nominations

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Trivia
Gaspar Noé created the project after suffering a dangerously severe brain hemorrhage which very nearly killed him. When he recovered, he became sober and began filming.

Crazy credits
Like his previous films, the film has an entire opening credits from the end.

Connections
Features Vampyr (1932)

Soundtracks
Mon Amie la Rose
Music by Cécile Caulier and Jacques Lacome
Lyrics by Cécile Caulier
Performed by Françoise Hardy

"Dedicated to those whose brains decompose before their hearts do"

I knew nothing at all about this film going in, and you should know nothing as well. This gift of a film screened and my local film festival (FNC 2021) followed by a late night screening of "LVX ÆTERNA", and "VORTEX" was definitely my favorite of the two. My friend who told me the festival also said that Gaspar Noé's last film would be screening and it triggered a "Vietnam flashback" to my first experience watching "CLIMAX", with psychedelic visual and a killer soundtrack, and I'm not going to lie that was what I was expecting from VORTEX. However, Gaspar presented us with a quiet, contemplative piece of cinema that I believe is nothing less than a love-letter to cinema and filmmaking itself. Bravo Gaspar!