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Elle
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Title: Elle

Release Date: 25 May 2016

Runtime: 2h 11m

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Director: France 2 Cinéma, SBS Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, Proximus, Entre Chien et Loup

Production Companies: France 2 Cinéma, SBS Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, Proximus, Entre Chien et Loup

Overview: When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.7 (1872 votes)

Cast

  • Michèle: Isabelle Huppert
  • Patrick: Laurent Lafitte
  • Anna: Anne Consigny
  • Richard: Charles Berling
  • Rebecca: Virginie Efira
  • Irène: Judith Magre
  • Robert: Christian Berkel
  • Vincent: Jonas Bloquet
  • Josie: Alice Isaaz
  • Hélène: Vimala Pons
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