Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.
Direction
Noé's unbroken takes make voyeurism feel like participation.
Cinematography
That red-lit apartment lives in your brain forever.
Acting
Non-professional leads blur reality and performance uncomfortably.
Director
Gaspar Noé
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Noé initially wanted actual porn stars, then cast unknowns after meeting Aomi Muyock in a Paris club.
Premiered at Cannes 2015 to walkouts and heated debate about whether unsimulated sex disqualifies a film from 'serious' discourse.
FR
