Gaspar Noé in the first half: This is fine.
Gaspar Noé in the second half: Ok that's enough, time to destroy every single character.
His quintessential. The last 10 minutes (before the arrival of the police) are one of the best depictions of living hell in Earth. The more the film goes on, the less you understand what is really happening. Amazing acting (most of the scenes are improvised), amazing experience.
