CLIMAX

CLIMAX begins with a dance troupe rehearsing in an abandoned building. The opening sequence is a sustained, exhilarating choreography set to pounding electronic tracks. Then something shifts. The sangria is spiked, paranoia spreads, and the rehearsal descends into psychological and physical chaos.

Music is the engine of the film. The soundtrack, built from 1990s electronic and house music, dictates the movement of bodies and the rhythm of the camera. Noé shoots in long, fluid takes that trap the dancers inside their own energy. As the night spirals, the music stops feeling communal and becomes oppressive, a relentless pulse driving the group toward breakdown.

This is a film about collective ecstasy turning into collective collapse, where sound controls behaviour and the dance floor becomes a laboratory.