Elle (1995)
Release Year: 1995
Nation: Belgium, France, Germany
Alternative Title: Valeria Sarmiento's Elle
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writer: David Birke
Production & Genre
Producer: N/A
Companies: France 2 Cinéma, SBS Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, Proximus, Entre Chien et Loup
Budget: 9.800.000
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Keywords
Keywords: rape, france, video game, assault, death of father, car accident, birth, divorced woman, death of mother, christmas lights, giving birth, rape and revenge, christmas, intruder, pepper spray
Story
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.
Summary
Michèle Le Blane, CEO of a thriving gaming software company and mistress to several influential men, embodies unyielding power and control in her professional and personal life. But when an unknown assailant violates her at home, Michèle's ordered world shatters. Unwilling to be another victim, she takes charge, navigating family crises with icy resolve while simultaneously engaging in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with her stalker. As Michèle tracks down the attacker, their deadly dance begins, each provoking the other into riskier, more reckless moves. In this high-stakes game where lines between predator and prey blur, Michèle's unwavering pursuit may lead them both to a point of no return.
