Film
Vortex (15)
Dir. Gaspar Noé, France, 2021, 142 mins, subtitled. Cast. Dario Argento, Françoise Lebrun, Alex Lutz.
Gaspar Noé takes us tenderly into the everyday life of an ageing couple coming to terms with old age, dementia and death. Dario Argento and Françoise Lebrun star as an elderly married couple separated emotionally and visually (by split screen) as the wife’s dementia progresses, the husband’s health declines, and an entire life built together beings to slowly come undone. Inspired by Noé’s near-fatal brain haemorrhage in 2020, the contemplative and fragile Vortex is a radical departure from his previous films.
Gaspar Noé takes us tenderly into the everyday life of an ageing couple coming to terms with old age, dementia and death. Dario Argento and Françoise Lebrun star as an elderly married couple separated emotionally and visually (by split screen) as the wife’s dementia progresses, the husband’s health declines, and an entire life built together beings to slowly come undone. Inspired by Noé’s near-fatal brain haemorrhage in 2020, the contemplative and fragile Vortex is a radical departure from his previous films.