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Based on the novel by Philippe Djian, adapted for the screen by David Birke (and then translated into French by Harold Manning), "Elle" is a maniacal and confident hybrid of various genres. It's a rape-revenge-ensemble-comedy-thriller-stalker mashup, if you can even picture that.
Nov 10, 2016 · Crime, Drama, Thriller. R. 2h 10m. By A.O. Scott. Nov. 10, 2016. The opening scene of “Elle” is a shocker: a brutal sexual assault witnessed by a house cat and filmed with pitiless detachment ...
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5 days ago · The movie chronicles her journey as she seeks revenge and navigates the complex dynamics of power and desire. 2. Is “Elle” based on a true story? No, “Elle” is not based on a true story. It is a work of fiction, adapted from the novel “Oh…” by Philippe Djian. 3.
May 27, 2016 · But the director’s perverse black comedy starring Isabelle Huppert was the toast of Cannes. The controversial film-maker talks about his most daring work yet. Paul Verhoeven is not worried. If ...
Elle ( French for 'she' / 'her') is a 2016 psychological thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a screenplay by David Birke, based on the novel Oh... by Philippe Djian. Djian's novel was published in 2012 and received the Prix Interallié (National Literary Award). [4] The film stars Isabelle Huppert as a businesswoman who is raped in ...
I t has been ten years since Paul Verhoeven (the director of such hits as RoboCop, Total Recall and Basic Instinct) made his last film Black Book (2006). Now the provocative, hard-to-pin-down Dutch filmmaker is back with a vengeance, defying conventions and braving taboos like never before with a seedy little shocker that has been labelled a 'rape comedy', although its author decries the epithet.
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A middle-aged French woman, Michèle Leblanc, is raped in her home by an assailant in a ski mask. After the masked man flees, she then promptly cleans up the mess and resumes her life. Michèle is the assertive head of a successful video game company based in Paris, France, where her male employees are alternately resentful of or infatuated ...
