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Elle

2016 · Movie · R · 131 min · ★ 6.6 · 90% critics

DramaThriller

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.

Based on "Oh…"

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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 AwardBest Actress · 2017 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Actress · 2017 · nominated
  • International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2017 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Actress · 2016 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Film · 2016 · nominated
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  • European Film AwardBest Director · 2016 · nominated

Cast & crew

Directed by Paul Verhoeven