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The film Irreversible is famously told in reverse chronological order, meaning the first scenes the audience sees are the culmination of the plot, while the final scenes show the events that chronologically began the story.
The actions that chronologically start the plot in motion and initiate the entire tragic sequence of events are the brutal rape and beating of Alex (Monica Bellucci).
Specific details of this inciting incident:
This horrific assault is the foundational action that immediately sets the rest of the plot in motion: Marcus (Vincent Cassel) and Pierre (Albert Dupontel) spend the following hours searching for Le Tenia to enact a violent, frenzied revenge, which forms the first half of the film as presented to the audience.
The summary fails to mention the actual chronological beginning of the film (the park scene where Alex is revealed to be pregnant), which is crucial for the film's theme 'Time Destroys Everything'.
The summary omits the apartment scene between Alex and Marcus, which establishes their relationship before the tragedy.
Chronologically, the plot of Irreversible begins with a scene in a park where Alex (Monica Bellucci) is reading and implies she is pregnant, followed by an intimate scene in her apartment with Marcus (Vincent Cassel). They then attend a party with her ex-boyfriend Pierre. The inciting incident for the revenge plot—and the central tragedy—is the brutal rape and beating of Alex by a pimp named Le Tenia ('The Tapeworm') in a pedestrian underpass after she leaves the party alone. This event sets Marcus and Pierre on a violent hunt for the perpetrator, which is shown in the first half of the film (audience view).