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SBS Productions. Here too, Isabelle plays an unconventional role where she goes off to work & living her life in a normal way after getting assaulted right in her house. We want to hear from you! Certainly, "Elle" kicks right off in a suitably brutal manner one would typically see from Haneke: namely, the savage rape of its primary character in her own home by a masked intruder. Michèle seems indestructible. A reverse of Darren Carver-Balsiger's list. 52 of 89 people found this review helpful. 71 wins & 89 nominations. Elle is all kinds of disturbing, but that's why I love Paul Verhoeven. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game-a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker. Parallel parking, Michèle backs into another car—undeterred, she continues to nudge the car until it moves backward and its fender is detached (though….

I can handle the truth. Michèle seems indestructible. Fleur Geffrier Marie Berto Caroline Breton Oury Milshtein Lahouassa Elise Jean Douchet Vincent Launay-Franceschini Hugues Martel Jean-Yves Freyburger, Sophie Denize Hugues Namur Marc Jouveneau, Cyril Holtz Alessandro Checcacci Guillaume Couturier Gwennolé Le Borgne Damien Lazzerini Alexis Place, France 2 Cinéma SBS Productions OCS Casa Kafka Pictures Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Belfius Proximus CNC Canal+ France Télévisions Entre Chien et Loup FFA, 130 mins   Maybe I should learn French.

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Huppert should have won the best actress Oscar. This review may contain spoilers. Wow man this was very interesting ! There is a lot to unpack there about sex and violence but I’ll think about that later. Several Dutch teenagers realize cruel difference between dreams and reality. 2016 Elle | Official HD Trailer (2016) | Paul Verhoeven - YouTube Rated R for violence involving sexual assault, disturbing sexual content, some grisly images, brief graphic nudity, and language, Argentinian Director Santiago Mitre Makes French Feature Debut With ‘Petite Fleur’ (Exclusive), Santiago Mitre has kick-started filming on Petite Fleur in France - Production / Funding - France/Argentina/Belgium/Spain, Oscars 2017: First-Time Nominee Spotlight, 2017 BAFTA Nominations Snubs and Surprises, 2017 Globe-Nominated Films Ranked by IMDb Users, Face-Off: Annette Bening vs. Isabelle Huppert, Golden Globes 2017 - Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, The Best French Movies of the 21st Century, Saturn Award 2017: Best International Film. Shades of "Funny Games" certainly are evident here, but Verhoeven nevertheless keeps his own brand of reptilian energy alive in the film. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply.

Looking for some great streaming picks? After Michéle is assaulted (the first time), she cleans the broken dishes off the floor, throws away the dress she was wearing, takes a bubble bath, and orders sushi. With everything on Michèle's plate, a little sexual assault is merely seasoning.The shocking opening scene will certainly have audiences squirming, and indeed Verhoeven revisits it a couple of times throughout the film as Michèle mulls over the event, with variations here and there as she imagines how she could have defended herself—or provoked him further. She reminds me of my mom and sort of looks like her to me.

More details at ETA: This list is getting long so I moved sections…. Elle (French for '"she" or "her"') is a 2016 thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by David Birke, based on the novel Oh... by Philippe Djian. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle's life forever. but to be fair he IS a cat so i never should've trusted him in the first place i guess. The film had been widely tipped for a bow at Cannes 2020 before the festival was forced to change plans due to the coronavirus pandemic, the new date of May 2021 in France (via local outfit Pathe) makes it almost certain for a Cannes 2021 berth. I’m surprised the connection hasn’t be discussed more.b) I was laughing alone in a sell-out theatre a lot, particular in the first half, which just made my belief we need more pervy jokesters like Verhoeven to shake current cinema from its complacent place. Film data from TMDb. Producer Ben Saïd, whose credits include Verhoeven’s Oscar-nominated Elle, told Deadline that a broadcaster for the series was “under discussion.” The project is aiming to shoot summer 2021 in France. In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance. Even when he dips his toe in genre fare, there's still nevertheless an undercurrent of erotic satire in them (remember the tri-boobed woman in "Total Recall"?). “Shame isn't a strong enough emotion to stop us from doing anything at all”. mixed feelings on this one as a whole, but it is my first Huppert, and I look forward to watching more of her work.

Even though this isn't  one of my favorite Verhoeven films. work in progress. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Belfius, Disturbing, Controversial, Shocking, Bizarre and Messed Up Films, Every Film Ever Nominated For An Academy Award In Any Category. Isabelle Huppert is the perfect anti-heroine for the end of the world. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle's life forever.

Maybe Elle isn't as funny as I think. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. I didn't think it counted as assault. Producer Ben Saïd, whose credits include Verhoeven’s Oscar-nominated Elle, told Deadline that a broadcaster for the series was “under discussion.” The project is … Another Nomi, a young drifter, arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become the top of the Vegas showgirls. Step Two: Pick a Number. Raunchy as ever, but its intensity is set to a steamy simmer when compared to the erupting, chromatic, muscular vigor of Total…. Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple.

Paul Verhoeven is lining up a French-language series based on Guy de Maupassant’s classic novel Bel Ami, according to producer Saïd Ben Saïd. A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher. the cat in this film looks exactly like my cat (his name is brad russell ryan michael fassbender pitt) & now i don't trust him to attack home invaders. Step Three: GET WEIRD! Review by Tiago Belotti Não-oficial ★★★★★.

Bel Ami was previously adapted into a feature starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, and Kristin Scott Thomas back in 2012. It's not your fucking house, you fucking savages. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family.

While the story does juggle its fair share of melodramatic subplots (swapping out an affair for a cuckolding here while touching on a dark childhood there), it mostly focuses on playing up the stalker cat-and- mouse theme.

Written by 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 Jina Djemba Stéphane Bak Anne Loiret Nicolas Beaucaire David Léotard Jean-Noël Martin Eric Savin Zohar Wexler Nicolas Ullmann Dominique Plaideau Hugo Conzelmann Loïc Legendre Raphaël Kahn Florent Peiffer Olivia Gotanègre Laurent Orry This FAQ is empty. This returns here via video game cutscenes, perhaps as a discreet reminder of the director we're dealing with — one who has been largely absent for more than 15 years, save for 2006's Black Book — cutting into a film that is otherwise more restrained (for all its 'controversy'), more in tune with the sensibilities of European filmmaking.

A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.

His business partners are scheming behind his back to sell him out and his former mistress shows up pregnant.

Djian's novel was released in 2012 and received the Prix Interallié (National Literary Award). Are you ready…, Gabriel Carvalho 2,002 films 115 9 Edit, Em resposta à popular lista "1001 Filmes Para Ver Antes de Morrer", inclusa nas mais variadas edições do livro homônimo,…, ***EDIT (March 30, 2014)*** Wow! Another woman just started talking during the opening credits. Was this review helpful to you? But what I saw, what I saw in the story, what I saw as the thing being told, I hated that more than most any other film I've ever seen. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. But, if I learned French and it caused me to find this film less entertaining what purpose would it serve? NeverTooEarlyMP 4,925 films 7,111 432 Edit. It took 3 months for me to decide to go ahead and post something on this film. I never would have expected that I'd get anywhere close to 100 likes on this…, Jayce Fryman 18,695 films 2,819 99 Edit, This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films.

"Elle" does feel a bit bloated in his second half, and I honestly could've done with most of its tangential subplots being axed. The combination of Elle and me produced the following. His latest film, however, takes a more measured but by no means less lacerating tack.At first glance, "Elle" is so cold-blooded it could almost be mistaken for a Michael Haneke film, especially as it features Haneke's muse, the glacially poised Isabelle Huppert, at its center. More Verhoeven!

It is being written by Dutch screenwriter Gerard Soeteman, who previously collaborated with Verhoeven on features including Black Book and Turkish Delight. I avoided it because most of you loved the film and I hated it.

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