Sodomites

France

1998

7 Min

Color

2.35:1

Silent

Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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CAST Marc Barrow, Coralie, Mano Solo, Pamella Castel Love, Philippe Nahon

SOUND Jean-Luc Audy

Synopsis

Leather-clad men and women lounge around a large room as a minotaur enters, somewhat excited, and proceeds to sodomize a willing female.

Much of Noé’s innovative camerawork as seen in Irreversible is apparent here; the swooping, zooming camera, rapid-succession jump-cutting, etc. And also a sense of humour. Our minotaur, ready and raring to go, is calmed and handed a condom. This he dons, and the roaring begins again. Apres sodomy, the minotaur is again calmed and the condom retrieved… —IMDb

Director

Gaspar Noé

Baldheaded Franco-Argentine filmmaker Gaspar Noé has made some seriously disturbing films during his relatively short career. He has also won several critical awards and festival acclaim for each of his works. Noé made his first film in 1991 with the short Carne, an introduction to the character of the Butcher, played by Philippe Nahon. An angry man, the Butcher seeks revenge on whoever hurt his disabled daughter. After working as an actor, cinematographer, writer, and director on some other projects, Noé made his first feature film, I Stand Alone, continuing the story of the Butcher after he does time in jail and abandons his daughter. In 2002 he received major public notice and outrage with the controversial Irréversible, mostly due to the much-publicized eight-minute rape scene. Starring real-life married couple Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel, the film is a brutal look at male violence shown in reverse chronological order. —allmovie guide