A writer is given a new perspective on her life by two women she initially imagines could not be more different than her in this drama from filmmaker Malgoska Szumowska. Anne (Juliette Binoche) is a wife and mother who maintains a busy schedule looking after her youngest son, who is obsessed with video games, her teenage son (Francois Civil), who spends much of his time stoned on marijuana, and her aging father (Jean-Marie Binoche) whose health is failing. Anne's husband (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is too preoccupied with his own career to worry about the household chores, and she has to juggle it all while keeping up with her work as a journalist. Anne is researching a magazine piece about prostitutes, and she's been conducting extensive interviews with Alicja (Joanna Kulig) and Charlotte (Anais Demoustier), both of whom are attractive, well-adjusted women in their early twenties who have turned to sex work to support themselves. As Anne develops a greater understanding of Alicja and Charlotte's lives and work, she sees a contrast in the way the younger women have chosen a trade that, despite its reputation, affords them freedom while Anne's personal and professional life have become something of a trap. Elles was an official selection at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
Product Identifiers
EAN
5021866612300
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114583982
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Elles
Actor
Louis-Do De Lencquesaing, Anais Demoustier, Joanna Kulig, Juliette Binoche
Director
Malgorzata Szumowska
Format
DVD
Language
English\French\Polish
Release Year
2012
Run Time
99 Mins
Genre
Drama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate
18
Number of Discs
1
Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times - The performance, acute and brave, is by Juliette Binoche., NPR - ELLES has contemporary pertinence. As the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair showed, feminism hasn't significantly mellowed France's macho culture. And sexual predation on young women from Eastern Europe remains a timely topic.
Consumer Advice
Contains strong nudity, sex, sexual fetish and a scene of sexual violence