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Climax

Birth and death are extraordinary experiences. Life is a fleeting pleasure.

7.0(2,441)20181h 37m5

When a dance troupe is lured to an empty school, a bowl of drug-laced sangria causes their jubilant rehearsal to descend into a dark and explosive nightmare as they try to survive the night—and find who's responsible—before it's too late.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.9M
Box office
$1.7M
Language
English
  • dancing
  • child abuse
  • sexual abuse
  • drug abuse
  • pregnancy
  • paranoia
  • orgy
  • imprisonment
  • lsd
  • surrealism
  • hallucinogenic drug
  • incest

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Gaspar Noé

Produced in

France, Belgium, United States of America

Where to watch

Availability for United States. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Videos

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereRFantastic Fest24 Sept 2018
    • TheatricalR1 Mar 2019
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereFilm4 Frightfest27 Aug 2018
    • Theatrical1821 Sept 2018
    • Physical1821 Jan 2019
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereSydney Film Festival14 Jun 2018
    • Theatrical (limited)MA 15+6 Dec 2018
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)18A1 Mar 2019
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Premiere+18Cannes Film Festival Week11 Dec 2018
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical7 Dec 2018
  • BelarusBY

    • Theatrical11 Oct 2018
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1221 Nov 2018
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1831 Jan 2019
  • ChileCL

    • Theatrical27 Mar 2019
  • CroatiaHR

    • Theatrical20 Dec 2018
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical1 Nov 2018

Frequently asked questions

Climax was released on 19 September 2018.

Audience reviews

2
  • F

    furious_iz

    4/30/2019

    8/10

    A french dance troupe, staying for a long weekend in some sort of school building, decide to party after rehearsal, while a wintry blizzard rages outside. Someone spikes the punch, and all hell breaks loose. The dance scenes are engaging, the visuals hypnotic, the performances are somehow real and completely over the top, and the chaos and carnage intense and memorable. Long, drawn out tracking shots, one of whic…

  • S

    Stephen Campbell

    5/29/2019

    9/10

    **_A disgusting, morally reprehensible work of insane genius_** >_LSD or mainly alcohol can bring you back to a more reptilian way of thinking, you are not human anymore. It is all about survival, about reproducing the species, about sex and domination. The moment we start losing control of the logical brain we go to a psychotic way of thinking._ - Gaspar Noé; "Gaspar Noé on why his orgiastic Cannes sensation C…

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