Summary
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda.
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Solo watch
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
- Graphic violence bothers you
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 71Audiences 72GoodWatch 72
Tomatometer73%
Metascore69
Letterboxd · 275 K ratings3.8/5
IMDb7.2
Audience score72%
User score7.0
Box office
6%of its budget back
- Budget
- $13 M
- Worldwide
- $754 K
Worldwide it made back $754 K of the $13 M it cost.
Running time
2 h 41 min
Longer than 9 in 10 fantasy movies, +61 min on the typical 100
typical 100161Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.
Reach
Streams in 20 countries, rent or buy in 10 more
+10Released
2010
May 5, 2010
16 years ago
Genres
FantasyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
JapaneseMade in
France
Germany- Italy
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityStrong
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 9 more17 people
- Paz de la HuertaLinda
- Nathaniel BrownOscar
- Cyril RoyAlex
- Olly AlexanderVictor
- Masato TannoMario
- Ed SpearBruno
- Emily Alyn LindYoung Linda
- Jesse KuhnYoung Oscar
Nobuko ImaiTito- SFSakiko FukuharaSaki
- JBJanice Béliveau-SicotteMother
Sara StockbridgeSuzy- SMStuart MillerVictor's Father
Emiko TakeuchiCarol- RKRumiko KimishimaRumi
- JDJessica De MarcoSocial Worker
Gaspar NoéMan in Nightclub (uncredited)
Directing · 4
- Gaspar Noé Director, Writer, Associate Producer, Camera Operator, Editor
- Toshio Hanaoka Assistant Director
- Hideaki Jimbo Assistant Director
- Michael A. Williams Assistant Director
Production · 18
- Vincent Maraval Producer
- Marc Missonnier Producer
- Olivier Delbosc Producer
- Pierre Buffin Producer
- Susanne Marian Producer
- Peter Hermann Producer
Camera · 1
- Benoît Debie Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Jérôme Pesnel Editor
- Marc Boucrot Editor
Sound · 8
- Thomas Bangalter Music, Sound Effects
- Ken Yasumoto Sound Designer
- Claude La Haye Sound Mixer
- Dominique Schmit Dolby Consultant
- Lars Ginzel Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Nicolas Becker Foley Artist
Art · 5
- Jean-Andre Carriere Production Design
- Kikuo Ohta Production Design
- Susan C. MacQuarrie Set Decoration
- Masanori Takeuchi Set Decoration
- Tom Kan Title Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Tony Crosbie Costume Design
- Linda Gordon Makeup Artist
- Azuna Saito Wardrobe Assistant
- Félix Larivière Makeup Artist
- Tomomi Higuchi Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 4
- Geoffrey Niquet Visual Effects Supervisor
- Nicolas Delval Visual Effects Producer
- Julien Aullas CG Artist
- Xavier Allard CG Artist
Lighting · 2
- Yuji Wada Gaffer
- Charles Beetz Gaffer
Other crew · 4
- Olivier Gleyze Special Effects
- Franck Bonetto Special Effects
- Les Versaillais Special Effects
- Daniel Moise Techno Crane Operator
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