Climax

Climax (2018)

Timing: 1:37 (97 min)

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All about film

Video 6

Photo 87

Actors and characters

Release date

2018-09-19

Country

Belgium, France, United States

Production

Wild Bunch, Eskwad, Les Cinémas de la Zone, ARTE France Cinéma, VOO, BeTV, Shelter Prod, Artémis Productions, Vice Studios, KNM, Rectangle Productions, VOO & Be tv

Genre

Drama, Horror, Thriller

Budget

$2 900 000

Revenue

$1 696 075

Website

https://a24films.com/films/climax

Director

Gaspar Noé

Actors

Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull, Giselle Palmer, Taylor Kastle, Thea Carla Schøtt, Sharleen Temple, Lea Vlamos
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua, Richard Grandpierre, Édouard Weil, Eddy Moretti, Danny Gabai

Operator

Benoît Debie

Composer

Thomas Bangalter

Artist

Thierry Poulet

Audition

Editing

Gaspar Noé, Denis Bedlow
All team (29)

• The film is set in 1996.
• In the scene showing a demo reel, books and video cassettes are visible on the screen, revealing to the audience the sources from which Gaspar Noé drew inspiration while working on the film – the works of filmmakers Luis Buñuel (1900-1983) and Dario Argento, and Romanian philosopher and essayist Emil Cioran (1911-1995), known for his bleak skepticism and disbelief in humanity.
• Of all the dance scenes in the film, only the first was staged and directed. In all the others, the dancers improvised.
• The film's screenplay fit onto just 5 pages.
• According to Sofia Boutella, filming some scenes required 4-hour rehearsals and over 13 takes each.
• The 12-minute scene at the beginning of the film, shot in one take, was reshot 15 or 16 times.