Oscar enters The Void alone, and finds that he has walked into a trap the police raid the bar when Oscar greets a distressed Victor. On the way, Alex discusses The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Buddhist scripture on reincarnation, and anticipates the events to come by describing the process of death. Oscar's other friend Alex (Cyril Roy) spontaneously visits and accompanies him. One evening, after Linda has left for work, Oscar indulges in an hallucinogenic trip until his friend Victor ( Olly Alexander) summons him to a drug deal at ' The Void' bar. Most of the film takes place in Oscar's first-person perspective, with flashbacks to his and Linda's past taking place from an outside perspective. Oscar deals drugs while Linda hires herself out as a stripper. The film performed poorly at the box office.Īmerican siblings Oscar ( Nathaniel Brown) and Linda ( Paz de la Huerta) live in an apartment in Tokyo, and have vowed to stay together following the accidental death of their parents. The critical response was sharply divided: positive reviews described the film as captivating and innovative, while negative reviews called it tedious and puerile. A cut-down version was released in the United States and United Kingdom in September 2010.

The film's soundtrack is a collage of electronic pop and experimental music.Ī rough cut premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, but post-production work continued, and the film was not released in France until almost a year later. Co-producers included the visual effects studio BUF Compagnie, which also provided the computer-generated imagery. Principal photography took place on location in Tokyo, and involved many complicated crane shots. With a mix of professionals and newcomers, the film makes heavy use of imagery inspired by experimental cinema and psychedelic drug experiences. Enter the Void was primarily financed by Wild Bunch, while Fidélité Films led the actual production. Noé's dream project for many years, the production was made possible after the commercial success of his earlier feature film Irréversible (2002).

Noé labels the film a 'psychedelic melodrama'. 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. A fantasy psychological drama set in the neon-lit nightclub environments of Tokyo, the story follows Oscar, a young American drug dealer who gets fatally shot by the police, but continues to watch subsequent events during an out-of-body experience. Enter the Void is a 2009 English-language experimental art film written and directed by Gaspar Noé and starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, and Cyril Roy.

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