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Nov 11, 2016 · Elle. Perhaps only Paul Verhoeven would open a film mid-rape—the violent attack observed by an unimpressed green-eyed cat—and then follow up with a scene where Michèle, the rape victim, face puffy from the beating, picks up a phone and orders takeout, asking questions about the "holiday roll." She's not blasé about what happened.
Nov 11, 2016 · Sep 28, 2017. Feb 6, 2024. Jan 17, 2023. Dec 21, 2022. 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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Mar 12, 2017 · Elle review – revenge of an ice queen. Isabelle Huppert is astonishing as a rape victim who tracks down her assailant in Paul Verhoeven’s provocative psychodrama. Y ou can read the provocative ...
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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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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. Elle belongs to Isabelle Huppert and stands out as ...
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 ...
Mar 9, 2017 · T his film is about an outrage. Maybe it is an outrage. It has invented a new genre: the rape-revenge black comedy, and it could not possibly have existed without Isabelle Huppert. She is the only ...