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2016 film directed by Paul Verhoeven

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6.6

When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.

Released: 2016-05-25131 minDir: Paul VerhoevenDrama, ThrillerBudget: $9.8MBox office: $2.3M

Cast

  • Isabelle Huppert as Michèle
  • Laurent Lafitte as Patrick
  • Anne Consigny as Anna
  • Charles Berling as Richard
  • Virginie Efira as Rebecca
  • Judith Magre as Irène

Themes

  • rape
  • france
  • video game
  • assault
  • death of father
  • car accident
  • birth
  • divorced woman
  • death of mother
  • christmas lights

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Ratings

IMDb

7.1/10

74,616 votes

Year
2016
Runtime
130 min
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama

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Key facts

Directed by
Paul Verhoeven
Screenplay by
David Birke
Based on
Oh... , by Philippe Djian
Produced by
Saïd Ben Saïd Michel Merkt
Starring
Isabelle Huppert Laurent Lafitte Anne Consigny Charles Berling Virginie Efira Judith Magre Christian Berkel Jonas Bloquet Alice Isaaz Vimala Pons Arthur Mazet Raphaël Lenglet Lucas Prisor
Cinematography
Stéphane Fontaine
Edited by
Job ter Burg
Music by
Anne Dudley
Production companies
SBS Productions Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion France 2 Cinéma Entre Chien et Loup Proximus
Distributed by
SBS Distribution (France) MFA+ Filmdistribution (Germany)
Release dates
21 May 2016 ( 2016-05-21 ) ( Cannes ) 25 May 2016 ( 2016-05-25 ) (France) 16 February 2017 ( 2017-02-16 ) (Germany)
Running time
130 minutes
Countries
France Germany
Language
French
Budget
$9.1 million
Box office
$12.7 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration
130
FilmAffinity ID
765960
Official website
www.ellemovie.com
Image
Elle Cannes 2016 3.jpg
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publication date
2017-02-16
title
Elle
box office
105000
Commons category
Elle (2016 film)
review score
89/100
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Elle (French for 'she' / 'her') is a 2016 psychological thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a screenplay by David Birke, based on the 2012 novel Oh... by Philippe Djian. The film stars Isabelle Huppert as a businesswoman who is raped in her home by a masked assailant.

The film was Verhoeven's first feature since 2006's Black Book, and his first in French. It premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival where it received critical acclaim. Elle won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film; it was also selected as the French entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated. At the 42nd César Awards in France, the film received eleven nominations, and won Best Film. Huppert's performance was widely acclaimed, considered to be one of the finest of her career. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and won several Best Actress awards, including the Golden Globe and the César.

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