
Elle
2016 · Movie · R · 131 min · ★ 6.6 · 90% critics
After a violent attack in her home, a successful businesswoman refuses to let fear disrupt her carefully controlled life. While juggling messy family and workplace crises, she becomes drawn into a tense cat-and-mouse search for the person targeting her, testing her sense of power, privacy, and control.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-05-25
- Language
- French
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (2,003 votes)
- Box office
- $2,000,000
About
If you enjoy unsettling, morally thorny thrillers with dark humor and a strong central performance, this may click, especially if you liked Tell No One; Not for you if sexual assault themes or abrasive characters are dealbreakers.
Pros: gripping cat-and-mouse tension; bold, provocative tone; standout lead performance | Cons: disturbing sexual violence; uneven, messy subplots; questionable character choices
Themes
- rape
- france
- video game
- assault
- death of father
- car accident
- birth
- divorced woman
- death of mother
- christmas lights
- giving birth
- rape and revenge
- +3 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2017 · nominated
- César Award — Best Actress · 2017 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2017 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actress · 2016 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 2016 · nominated
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- European Film Award — Best Director · 2016 · nominated
Cast & crew

Isabelle Huppert
as Michèle

Laurent Lafitte
as Patrick

Anne Consigny
as Anna

Charles Berling
as Richard

Virginie Efira
as Rebecca

Judith Magre
as Irène

Christian Berkel
as Robert

Jonas Bloquet
as Vincent

Alice Isaaz
as Josie

Vimala Pons
as Hélène
Directed by Paul Verhoeven