Critics reviews

It proved a welcome dose of mad flourish and unexpectedly found itself in dialog with two other films of experiential spirituality, Jeanne and A Hidden Life.

It’s a delight to watch two of the sexiest, most charismatic women in French cinema simply shoot the breeze for ten minutes. Of course, this being a Noé film, such a laid-back state of affairs cannot last. Once the two are called over to start the scene, Lux Æterna switches gears from genial to assaultive.

This larky goof, even now that it's been unveiled and hyped, manages to preserve a bit of mystery.

It's nowhere near as compelling as his last feature, the dance-horror story Climax. Nevertheless, this cheeky film-within-a-short-film follows a similar trajectory to the last, moving from comic improvisational chatter to anarchic chaos and violence featuring beautiful people, this time in more expensive clothes, all by Saint Laurent.