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Vortex

Play trailer 1:28 Poster for Vortex 2022,  2h 20m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A retired psychiatrist with dementia and a struggling author with a heart condition live their final days together in an apartment.
Vortex

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Critics Consensus

Vortex is Gaspar Noé at his most unflinchingly pitiless -- but viewers who can make it through will be rewarded with a haunting contemplation of death.

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Mark Kermode Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube) Feb 7, 2024
It is sincere, and I think the split screen works a lot better than I thought. Go to Full Review
Edward Porter The Times (UK) Aug 24, 2022
4/5
For all its compassion, though, it’s still a gruelling work in its account of old age’s terrors. Go to Full Review
Tara Brady Irish Times Jul 16, 2022
5/5
A meaningful engagement with elder care, dementia and mortality, born of the director’s own experiences with his mother and his near-fatal brain haemorrhage. Go to Full Review
Geoffrey Macnab iNews.co.uk Jan 17, 2025
4/5
The maverick director spares his audience none of the harrowing hopelessness facing an ageing couple in this small-scale but intense study. Go to Full Review
William Stottor Loud and Clear Reviews Jul 18, 2024
3/5
A haunting rumination on old age and death, but lacks the narrative and emotional consistency needed to make it fully engaging. Go to Full Review
Hector A. Gonzalez InSession Film Jul 21, 2023
B+
This is Gaspar Noé at his most approachable and simultaneously disconsolate. Go to Full Review
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Gaspar Noé

Director

Dario Argento

Lui

Françoise Lebrun

Elle

Alex Lutz

Stéphane

Kylian Dheret

Kiki

Kamel Benchemekh

L'épicier

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Movie Info

Synopsis A retired psychiatrist with dementia and a struggling author with a heart condition live their final days together in an apartment.
Director
Gaspar Noé
Producer
Brahim Chioua
Screenwriter
Gaspar Noé
Distributor
Utopia
Production Co
KNM, Les Cinémas de la Zone, Rectangle Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 29, 2022, Limited
Runtime
2h 20m
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