Elle

2016
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Title: Elle

Original Title: Elle

Year: 2016

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: March 10 2017
  • United States: November 11 2016

Plot

Paul Verhoeven directs this thriller based on the book 'Oh ...' by Phillippe Dijan. The film focuses on Michèle, a very strict woman in both her personal and professional life. Director of a video game company, she has everything under control. In her personal life she maintains an affair with her ex-husbands best friend. Her family situation is precarious, as her son is dating a young pregnant woman from another man. When Michèle thinks her life can't get any worse, she is assaulted by a hooded man, which radically changes her life. Finally, Michèle with her desire to learn more, decides to start a personal investigation into her attacker, starting a very dangerous game where the rules do not set themselves.

Awards

  • 2017 Academy Awards (Oscars): 1 0
  • 2017 Golden Globes: 2 2
  • 2018 BAFTA Awards: 1 0
  • 2017 Goya Awards: 1 1

Cast

Director:

Paul Verhoeven Paul Verhoeven

Videos

'Elle' Spanish trailer 1:56

'Elle' Spanish trailer

September 27 2016

Trailer 'Elle' subtitled 1:56

Trailer 'Elle' subtitled

September 13 2016

'Elle' trailer 1:49

'Elle' trailer

April 17 2016

Photos

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Trivia

Presentation at festival

Selected for the 69th Cannes film festival.

French

Before production began, Paul Verhoeven went to a language institute to learn French, in order to be able to communicate with the cast and crew.

First foreign film

Paul Verhoeven's first film in French.

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