The beginning of the film (that is, the chronological end of the story) contains many distorted images and rapidly, freely moving, and rotating cameras that create a sense of chaos.
Two men, Marcus (Vincent Cassel) and Pierre (Albert Dupontel), are led out of a gay S&M nightclub, Club Rectum, by police. Earlier that evening, they arrived at the club in a frantic search for somebody nicknamed le Tenia (literally: the tapeworm). Marcus picks a fight with a man, believing him to be le Tenia. When Marcus is pinned down by the man, who then snaps his arm and attempts to rape him, his friend Pierre rescues him by bludgeoning his attacker's face using a fire extinguisher, crushing the man's skull.
In a succession of scenes, we learn that Marcus and Pierre went in search of le Tenia after questioning several prostitutes. A prostitute named Concha (a male transvestite whose real name is Guillermo Nuñez) accurately identifies the rapist as le Tenia after Marcus threatens to slash Concha with a piece of broken glass. Concha also reveals that the rapist is likely to be found at Club Rectum.
Marcus and Pierre were aided in their search by a man called Mourad and his friend, who promised to help them find le Tenia for money so Marcus could have his revenge. It is revealed that le Tenia anally raped Marcus's girlfriend Alex (Monica Bellucci), and placed her in a coma by repeatedly punching and kicking her in the head. The rape takes place after Alex encounters le Tenia beating Concha in a pedestrian underpass. Le Tenia then turns his attention on Alex and threatens her with a knife to her throat. The following rape scene is portrayed using a single, unbroken shot, lasting nine minutes.
From the rape scene it becomes clear that Pierre and Marcus attacked the wrong man. Le Tenia was standing right next to the man Pierre killed in Club Rectum.
In the next scene, we see Alex, Marcus and Pierre at a party. Alex and Marcus are apparently divided over Marcus's uninhibited use of cocaine, ecstasy and alcohol. Earlier scenes reveal the real divisions between Marcus and Pierre: Alex left Pierre, a shy philosophy professor, for the more macho and sexually uninhibited Marcus. The final scene of the film shows Marcus and Alex lying in bed naked after sex. Alex has a shower as they prepare to go to the party while Marcus goes out buying wine. Alone, Alex takes discovers that she is pregnant.
The final scene shows Alex reading An Experiment with Time by John William Dunne in a park, surrounded by playing children. Beethoven's 7th Symphony sounds in the background. The camera spins around faster and faster, until it blacks out into a strobe effect and a roaring sound. The final title card reads: LE TEMPS DETRUIT TOUT (Time Destroys All Things).
Two men, Marcus (Vincent Cassel) and Pierre (Albert Dupontel), are led out of a gay S&M nightclub, Club Rectum, by police. Earlier that evening, they arrived at the club in a frantic search for somebody nicknamed le Tenia (literally: the tapeworm). Marcus picks a fight with a man, believing him to be le Tenia. When Marcus is pinned down by the man, who then snaps his arm and attempts to rape him, his friend Pierre rescues him by bludgeoning his attacker's face using a fire extinguisher, crushing the man's skull.
In a succession of scenes, we learn that Marcus and Pierre went in search of le Tenia after questioning several prostitutes. A prostitute named Concha (a male transvestite whose real name is Guillermo Nuñez) accurately identifies the rapist as le Tenia after Marcus threatens to slash Concha with a piece of broken glass. Concha also reveals that the rapist is likely to be found at Club Rectum.
Marcus and Pierre were aided in their search by a man called Mourad and his friend, who promised to help them find le Tenia for money so Marcus could have his revenge. It is revealed that le Tenia anally raped Marcus's girlfriend Alex (Monica Bellucci), and placed her in a coma by repeatedly punching and kicking her in the head. The rape takes place after Alex encounters le Tenia beating Concha in a pedestrian underpass. Le Tenia then turns his attention on Alex and threatens her with a knife to her throat. The following rape scene is portrayed using a single, unbroken shot, lasting nine minutes.
From the rape scene it becomes clear that Pierre and Marcus attacked the wrong man. Le Tenia was standing right next to the man Pierre killed in Club Rectum.
In the next scene, we see Alex, Marcus and Pierre at a party. Alex and Marcus are apparently divided over Marcus's uninhibited use of cocaine, ecstasy and alcohol. Earlier scenes reveal the real divisions between Marcus and Pierre: Alex left Pierre, a shy philosophy professor, for the more macho and sexually uninhibited Marcus. The final scene of the film shows Marcus and Alex lying in bed naked after sex. Alex has a shower as they prepare to go to the party while Marcus goes out buying wine. Alone, Alex takes discovers that she is pregnant.
The final scene shows Alex reading An Experiment with Time by John William Dunne in a park, surrounded by playing children. Beethoven's 7th Symphony sounds in the background. The camera spins around faster and faster, until it blacks out into a strobe effect and a roaring sound. The final title card reads: LE TEMPS DETRUIT TOUT (Time Destroys All Things).
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