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Released
2002 · FILM

Irreversible

A newlywed couple must confront lingering jealousy and the looming possibility of parenthood when an ex‑partner shows up at their party, forcing them to decide whether love can survive the secrets they keep.

“Time destroys everything.”

Directed by
Gaspar Noe
Written by
Gaspar Noe
Rated
MPA · NR
Runtime
93 min
Language
FR
CrimeDramaMystery
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A woman's lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can't be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 24

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Gaspar NoeShot by Benoit DebieScored by Thomas BangalterDesigned by Alain Juteau

Box Office

2002 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$6.5M

Budget$3.5M
Worldwide gross$6.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Re-release box office

20232 theaters
$11K($12K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Irreversibelde
  • Irreversibleen
  • Irréversible - Inversion Intégralefr

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