Enter the Void (Soudain le Vide)

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Oscar and his sister Linda live in Tokyo. Oscar survives small drug deals, while Linda is a stripper in a nightclub. One night during a police raid, Oscar is hit by a bullet. As he lies dying, his spirit, true to the promise made to his sister to never give up, refuses to leave the living world. His mind wanders while in the city and visions become increasingly chaotic and nightmarish. Past, present and future merge in a hallucinatory maelstrom.

There are a few teasers out that last around 45 seconds and no word has been given about when it will be released or who the distributor will be, but early reviews have been positive and we might see it in the first quarter of 2010. It was nominated for the Golden Palmes at Cannes this year and Thomas Bangalter (1/2 of Daft Punk) did the original music. The TIFF description of the film describes the experience to that of 2001: A Space Odyssey:

To enhance the Möbius strip-like cyclical nature of the narrative, Noé utilizes rhythmic shooting techniques, stroboscopic visuals, complex soundscapes and ambitious computer effects, creating a truly hypnotic atmosphere. Psychedelic drug trips push the Kubrick-esque 2001 experience into the methamphetamine-soaked twenty-first century, with layered sequences of unfolding and expanding brilliantly coloured spirals, fractals and delicate tendrils. In Noé's world, explicit sex and intense violence are intertwined with abstract montages of colour and light.

http://www.tiff.net/filmsandschedules/films/enterthevoid





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IFC acquired it:

IFC FILMS TO "ENTER THE VOID" AS COMPANY ACQUIRES U.S. DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS TO ACCLAIMED FILM FROM GASPAR NOÉ IN ADVANCE OF ITS U.S. SUNDANCE PREMIERE

Noe's follow-up to his 2002 award-winning "IRREVERSIBLE," "ENTER THE VOID" had its world premiere in competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival

Theatrical and VOD Release Set for 2010

New York, NY (Jan XX, 2010) – IFC Films, one of the leading American distributors of independent and foreign films, announced today it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Gaspar Noé's ENTER THE VOID in advance of its upcoming U.S. premiere at Sundance in the Spotlight section. A surrealist drama about a drug-dealing teen killed in Japan, after which he reappears as a ghost to watch over his sister, ENTER THE VOID is a provocative yet contemplative exploration of life, death and sexuality

Noé's follow-up to the 2002 award-winning and controversial film IRREVERSIBLE, ENTER THE VOID premiered in competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was also featured at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival. The film stars newcomers Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta (THE LIMITS OF CONTROL) and Cyril Roy.

IFC Films will release ENTER THE VOID in 2010 via its IFC in Theaters platform which brings critically-acclaimed independent movies to on-demand viewers at home the same day they premiere in theaters.

http://www.ifcfilms.com/inside-ifc-films/gaspar-noes-enter-the-void-acquired