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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 11, 2016 · 91% Tomatometer 247 Reviews 73% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings The successful CEO (Isabelle Huppert) of a video game company tries to learn the identity of the man who raped her.
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May 21, 2016 · Film Review: ‘Elle’. High-risk material yields unexpected rewards in this remarkable rape-revenge drama, a possible career high for Paul Verhoeven. By Guy Lodge. Courtesy of Cannes Film ...
A layered mystery with a dollop of black comedy, Elle is very wrong in the best way possible. Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 28, 2020
Nov 10, 2016 · 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. “The opposite of a trigger warning,” as a ...
Mar 9, 2017 · Elle review – startlingly strange rape-revenge black comedy. With her steely hauteur, Isabelle Huppert is utterly arresting in Paul Verhoeven’s provocative film. No other actor could have ...
Nov 9, 2016 · RoboCop director's powerful story of a video game company boss is not for the squeamish.