Lux Æterna (2019)

6.2Director: Gaspar Noé

2019 film

Lux Æterna (stylized as LVX ÆTERNA) is a 2019 French independent experimental meta-art film written, produced and directed by Gaspar Noé. The piece heavily employs epileptic imagery through grey and color strobes, split-screen, and uses of 1920s-esque documentary footage involving witchcraft and torture. It was screened out of competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. It also garnered attention for a scene featuring strobing lights that lasts more than 10 minutes. When the film premiered at Cannes, paramedics were waiting outside in case of audience members becoming sick.

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What is Lux Æterna about?
Lux Æterna (2019) — Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling stories about witches - but that's not all. 'Lux Æterna' is also an essay on cinema, the love of film, and on-set hysterics.
Is Lux Æterna based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Lux Æterna scary?
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