Irreversible (2002) filming locations

23 rue de Penthièvre (Paris 8th)

Paris 8e, France

Le Club Banque, a gay club in the 8th arrondissement, occupied an old bank and extended under three buildings. It has since closed permanently, and a restaurant has taken its place at this address.

The scene : Renamed the Rectum for the film, this gay club with labyrinthine basements is the scene of the ultra-violent murder that opens the narrative, told in reverse: Marcus and Pierre came here to enact their own justice.

Paris 17e, France

Underground pedestrian passage that crossed Boulevard Berthier, with an entrance at no. 27 and the other opposite, at no. 118. The City of Paris removed it a few years after the film's release: it was demolished in 2008-2009.

The scene : In this narrow pedestrian tunnel dug underneath the boulevard, Alex is raped by a stranger: this is the scene that, in 2002, earned the film its reputation as an infamous work.

Paris 19e, France

The scene : It is in this station of the 19th arrondissement, on line 7 bis, that the subway scene of the film was shot.

Paris 19e, France

The scene : Terminus of line 7 bis, this station is among those that a viewer recognizes on screen during the subway sequence.