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Directed by Paul Verhoeven
2016, France, 130 min
French with English subtitles
French actress Isabelle Huppert received worldwide acclaim for her outstanding performance in Paul Verhoeven’s feature Elle, winner of the Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Film. “Elle is an expertly layered drama in which a successful woman experiences a rather unconventional midlife awakening. Elle centers on Michele LeBlanc (Huppert), an assertive and accomplished executive who oversees a video game company with her longtime friend, Anna (Anne Consigny). Michele never seems fazed by the behavior of her male employees — nor does she appear particularly shocked after a masked intruder breaks into her home and rapes her. Sandwiched between the inciting incident and its ultimate conclusion are brilliant and darkly comedic layers that explore typical familial discordance as well as female friendships and those gender bonds that are often as unbreakable as they are unspoken.”
– Britt Hayes, Screen Crush
