CLIMAX
Recommended. Based on true events and directed by scandalist Gaspar Noe. Set in a circle of professional dancers. At first you think the chronology is going to be distorted since the film starts with the ending, including the final credits. But the game with the viewer comprises only the formal aspect. The events are presented chronologically (I think). The dancers' environment is closed, everyone sleeps with everyone, like in a sect. Of course all dance scenes are marvellous. The team are all young, slim, muscled and their movements just blow you away. Their costumes, while all skimp and designed for professional dancing, originate from various styles in effect defying genders and races. There's fantastic techno music aplenty. Yet you know from scene one that someone's going to die. In a spectacularly choreographed way, I daresay. It's all not only amazingly danced and acted but filmed as well. Differing lights and angles, including an upside down sequence, where a dancer appears to be hanging from... the floor, create an unforgettable experience. Just 90 minutes but full on.
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