DVD
Elle
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Physical Description:
videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher: Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2017].
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from web page. Based on the novel "Oh..." by Philippe Djian. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2016. Anamorphic wide screen (2.40:1). Special features: Celebrating and icon: AFI's tribute to Isabelle Huppert; A tale of empowerment: making Elle. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Christian Berkel, Alice Isaaz. |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: R; for violence involving sexual assault, disturbing sexual content, some grisly images, brief graphic nudity, and language CHV rating: 18A. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC, region 1, (2.40:1) anamorphic widescreen; Dolby Digital. |
| Language Note: | French dialogue; Spanish, French, English, Thai, Korean, Chinese, Mandarin or Portuguese subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); described video. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Women -- France -- Drama Rape -- France -- Drama Revenge -- France -- Drama DVD-Video discs Foreign films -- France |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Kitimat Public Library | FRE DVD Ell (Text) | 32665001927237 | DVDs | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
Oscar-nominated Isabelle Huppert stars in Paul Verhoeven's chilly thriller as Michèle, an imperious Parisian businesswoman who reacts with apparent nonchalance after being raped by a masked intruder. Refusing to report the assault to the police, she continues to oversee a firm that produces violent, sexually explicit video games, while also carrying on a halfhearted affair with the husband of her partner and encouraging her troubled son to dump his shrewish girlfriend. Although one might assume she has been traumatized, her icily pragmatic demeanor actually masks her determination to take vengeance on all who have wronged herânot only the intruder but also her mother, who is making a fool of herself with a young gold digger, and her father, a long-imprisoned mass murderer who implicated her in his crimes, as well as a hacker (perhaps a staff member) who has posted insulting images of her on the web. Verhoeven and Huppert obviously relish the intricacies of this lurid revenge tale in which Michèle deals with all of her enemies, although the means are twisty and shot through with mordant humor and a soupçon of bitterness. Presiding over all like a stern goddess is Huppert's Michèle, a model of hauteur who never apologizes for even the most horrendous acts. Elle is a cinematic game in which director and star toy with the audience like expert puppeteers. Highly recommended. (F. Swietek) Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2017.
