New French trailer for Gaspar Noe’s Enter the Void may cause epileptic seizures

Say what you will about Gaspar Noe (IRREVERSIBLE), but I strongly feel the man’s talent and visual acumen cannot be denied. And nowhere is that talent more evident than in this new French trailer for his “psychedelic melodrama” ENTER THE VOID. I’m extremely interested in seeing what Noe does with this.

The video below is slightly NSFW, but the film’s visuals cut and pulsate so much that no one at work will probably catch on. Still, just letting you know.

ENTER THE VOID has been picked up for U.S. distribution by IFC Films, but a release date has yet to be announced. It will be released in France on May 5th.

Synopsis: Death takes one man on a journey that is by turns beautiful and terrifying in this feature from writer and director Gaspar Noe, who describes it as “a psychedelic melodrama.” Oscar (Nathaniel Brown) is a small time drug dealer who sells his wares at a club in Tokyo called “The Void.” In the midst of a deal that goes sour, Oscar is shot dead, and finds himself crossing from one plane of existence to the next. When he was younger, Oscar made a pledge to his younger sister Linda (Paz de la Huerta) to always look after her, and as his soul leaves his body, the spirit is led on a journey through Tokyo, past traditional consciousness and into the moment of human creation as he struggles to be reunited with Linda, who now works as an exotic dancer.