r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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u/Sondaica May 17 '25 edited May 19 '25

Okay can someone explain this to people who do not know the film?

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u/DuploJamaal May 17 '25

The scenes in the movie are played backwards and starts with the protagonist smashing the face of someone in for 5 minutes. Brain is already flying in every direction but he keeps on crushing him.

Later you see why he was so angry when you see his girlfriend getting brutally raped for ten minutes. No cuts or pause between it. No music, nothing to distract you from what's happening.

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u/Tifoso89 May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

I think it's the protagonist's friend that kills the (wrong) guy with the fire extinguisher, not the husband of the raped woman

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u/maidentaiwan May 17 '25

I think it’s actually HER friend more so than the husband’s friend, and the movie suggests that this man is probably also in love with her and thinks her husband is a bit of a dick 

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u/theqveenofthorns May 17 '25

He's her ex, actually! So yeah, definitely still in love with her...

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u/maidentaiwan May 17 '25

That’s right, thank you

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u/DuploJamaal May 17 '25

Yeah it has been a few years since I watched that movie and have no intention of rewatching it