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. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
Directed by Gaspar Noé
japan
prostitute
afterlife
hallucination
surrealism
reincarnation
stripper
strip club
drug trip
drug dealing
tokyo, japan
drugs
incest
psychedelic
meditative
neo-noir
abortion
dmt
new french extremism
Rank
#42 in 2010·#2332 overall
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3.8 / 5
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Cast
Paz de la Huerta
Linda
Nathaniel Brown
Oscar
Cyril Roy
Alex
Olly Alexander
Victor
Masato Tanno
Mario
Ed Spear
Bruno
Emily Alyn Lind
Young Linda
Jesse Kuhn
Young Oscar
Nobuko Imai
Tito
Sara Stockbridge
Suzy
Emiko Takeuchi
Carol
Gaspar Noé
Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
Crew
Gaspar Noé
Director
Gaspar Noé
Writer
Gaspar Noé
Editor
Benoît Debie
Director of Photography
Pierre Buffin
Producer
Brahim Chioua
Producer
Olivier Delbosc
Producer
Vincent Maraval
Producer
Marc Missonnier
Producer
Thomas Bangalter
Music
Des Hamilton
Casting
Philippe Bober
Associate Producer
Popular Reviews
1228 reviews
Andre
6.8★ · 09/21/25
egil told me to watch this. fuck him for that suggestion. do not watch if you have sex.
egil told me to watch this. fuck him for that suggestion. do not watch if you have sex.
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polina
10.0★ · 02/26/25
‘basically, when you die your spirit leaves your body, actually at first you can see all your life, like reflected in a magic mirror. then you start floating like a ghost, you can see anything happening around you, you can hear everything but you can't communicate. then you see lights, lights of all different colours, these lights are the doors that pull you into other planes of existence, but most people actually like this world so much, that they don't want to be taken away, so the whole thing turns into a bad trip, and the only way out is to get reincarnated’an existential trip of the human soul, which is essentially lost, shattered, and filthy. and wandering through neon-lit Tokyo at night, midway between current circumstances and paranoid memories. Noe did incredible work here, he made me feel as though I had no choice but to be a part of what was happening, and that's what I mostly expect from films. like the main character, I gradually became lost in this bleak emptiness, represented by images of the same lost souls that are unlikely to have another end.
‘basically, when you die your spirit leaves your body, actually at first you can see all your life, like reflected in a magic mirror. then you start floating like a ghost, you can see anything happening around you, you can hear everything but you can't communicate. then you see lights, lights of all different colours, these lights are the doors that pull you into other planes of existence, but most people actually like this world so much, that they don't want to be taken away, so the whole thing turns into a bad trip, and the only way out is to get reincarnated’an existential trip of the human soul, which is essentially lost, shattered, and filthy. and wandering through neon-lit Tokyo at night, midway between current circumstances and paranoid memories. Noe did incredible work here, he made me feel as though I had no choice but to be a part of what was happening, and that's what I mostly expect from films. like the main character, I gradually became lost in this bleak emptiness, represented by images of the same lost souls that are unlikely to have another end.
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Leo FloresPRO
7.0★ · 03/09/26
45 mins in and my gf said “…that was crazy” like the movie was over 😭
45 mins in and my gf said “…that was crazy” like the movie was over 😭
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Connor Fallon
6.0★ · 12/26/25
ive seen movies end but ive never seen a movie finish until now
ive seen movies end but ive never seen a movie finish until now
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Lisbeth_sally
9.0★ · 12/05/25
My brain just reset itself and so did my eyes holy lord
My brain just reset itself and so did my eyes holy lord
