Elles (2011)
Release Year: 2011
Nation: France, Germany, Poland
Alternative Title: Леки момичета, Das bessere Leben, Sponsoring, Szex felsőfokon, Under overflata, One, Откровения, Elle, Kadinlar
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska, Małgorzata Szumowska
Writer: Malgorzata Szumowska, Małgorzata Szumowska, Tine Byrckel
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Marianne Slot
Co-Producer: Agnieszka Kurzydło, Beata Ryczkowska, Bettina Brokemper, Daniel Blum, Małgorzata Szumowska, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Garde, Reinhold Elschot
Executive Producer: Johannes Rexin, Olivier Guerbois
Companies: Canal+, Liberator Productions, Shot - Szumowski, Slot Machine, ZDF, Zentropa International France, Zentropa International Köln, Zentropa International Poland
Genre: Drama, Erotic Film, Lgbt-Related Film
Budget: 4.000.000
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Keywords
Keywords: female friendship, female journalist, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, journalist, prostitution, woman director, women dancing together
Story
Anne (Juliette Binoche), a successful journalist and mother of two, investigates student prostitution for her magazine article. She meets Alicja (Joanna Kulig) and Charlotte (Anais Demoustier), who are prostituting themselves to pay tuition. Anne's encounters with them challenge her views on sex, money, and family.
Summary
Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska in 2011, 'Elles' is a French-German-Polish drama that explores themes of female sexuality, independence, and the complexities of womanhood. The film follows Anne, a journalist and mother, as she navigates her professional life while interviewing young women involved in prostitution to fund their education.
