Enter the Void (2009)
Coming Out at 17 June 2009 in theaters.
Drama, Fantasy
Enter the Void is experimental drama art film written and directed by Gaspar Noé and starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, and Cyril Roy. Set in the neon-lit nightclub environments of Tokyo, the story follows Oscar, a young American drug dealer who gets shot by the police, but continues to watch subsequent events during an out-of-body experience. The film is shot from a first-person viewpoint, which often floats above the city streets, and occasionally features Oscar staring over his own shoulder as he recalls moments from his past. Noé labels the film a “psychedelic melodrama”.
Noé’s dream project for many years, the production was made possible after the commercial success of his earlier feature film Irréversible (2002). Enter the Void was primarily financed by Wild Bunch, while Fidélité Films led the actual production.
Oscar lives in Tokyo with his younger sister Linda and supports himself by dealing drugs, against the advice of his friend Alex, who attempts to turn Oscar’s interest toward The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Buddhist book about the afterlife. The first segment begins with Linda leaving for work and then follows Oscar’s nightly routine through strict point-of-view shots, including momentary blackouts that represent blinking, private internal thoughts, and extended sequences of a DMT-induced hallucination.
Next, Alex meets Oscar at the apartment and they leave so that Oscar can deliver drugs to his friend Victor. On the way, Alex explains parts of The Tibetan Book of the Dead to Oscar: how the spirit of a dead person sometimes stays among the living until it begins to experience nightmares, after which it attempts to reincarnate. They arrive at a bar called The Void.
Director: Gaspar Noé
Writers: Gaspar Noé, Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Stars: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno, Ed Spear, Emily Alyn Lind
►Cast:
| Paz de la Huerta | … | Linda |
| Nathaniel Brown | … | Oscar |
| Cyril Roy | … | Alex |
| Olly Alexander | … | Victor |
| Masato Tanno | … | Mario |
| Ed Spear | … | Bruno |
| Emily Alyn Lind | … | Little Linda |
| Jesse Kuhn | … | Little Oscar |
| Nobu Imai | … | Tito |
| Sakiko Fukuhara | … | Saki |
| Janice Béliveau-Sicotte | … | Mother |
| Sara Stockbridge | … | Suzy |
| Stuart Miller | … | Victor’s Father |
| Emi Takeuchi | … | Carol |
| Rumiko Kimishima | … | Rumi |
| Akira Kuzuki | … | Techno Club Girl |
| Sayuki Nakamura | … | Techno Club Girl |
| Kaori Nakamura | … | Techno Club Girl |
| Naoko Hirosawa | … | Techno Club Girl |
| Kenji Isomura | … | Strip Club Manager |
| Akira | … | Stripper |
| Anna | … | Stripper |
| Marie | … | Stripper |
| Rico | … | Stripper |
| Risa | … | Stripper |
| Ryô | … | Stripper |
| Yuri | … | Stripper |
| Sandra | … | Stripper |
| Milton James | … | Strip Club Bouncer |
| Hideomi Nagahama | … | Bilingual Officer |
| Takaharu Hachiya | … | Bilingual Officer |
| Toshio Hanaoka | … | Bilingual Officer |
| Kazuhiro Nakanishi | … | Bilingual Officer |
| Adrien Ledanois | … | Bruno’s Friend |
| Keiji Suzuki | … | Bruno’s Friend |
| Simon Chamberland | … | Father |
| Joan Heithfield | … | Grandmother |
| Kenneth Heathfield | … | Grandfather |
| Jessica De Marco | … | Social Worker |
| Lucas Sirois | … | Oscar – 2 years old |
| Ewan Widgeinton | … | Oscar – 2 years old |
| Alexandre Bergeron | … | Oscar – Baby |
| Mackenzie Falcombridge | … | Linda – Baby |
| Federico Aletta | … | Club Customer |
| Sayuki Matsumoto | … | |
| Gaspar Noé | … | Man in nightclub |
| Edward L. Papazian | … | Customer in Dance Club |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia