Starring:
Juliette Binoche
Anaïs Demoustier
Joanna Kulig
Louis-Do de Lenquesaing
Juliette
Binoche
IN HER OWN WORDS...
Usually I love preparing. It’s really
the time I prefer, because it’s a time of reflection and the possibility of growth. For Elles, I decided not to prepare in
a funny way because I wanted to be insecure — so it gave me a sort of tension. In the work itself with Malgoska, it was like flying with
a friend. I felt very comfortable."
The New York Times – 25 April '12
“
No strings. No emotions. No regrets?
Inspired by the documentary Escort by Hélène de Crécy, Polish director Malgoska Szumowska’s first French language film was created with Juliette Binoche in mind for the central role of a journalist with ELLE.
Anne (Juliette Binoche), a well-off, Paris-based mother of two and investigative journalist for ELLE, is writing an article about student prostitution. Her meetings with two fiercely independent young women, Alicja (Joanna Kulig) and Charlotte (Anaïs Demoustier), are profound and unsettling, moving her to question her most intimate convictions about money, family and sex.
Anne’s home life is marred by clashes with her teenage son Florent (François Civil) and a marriage to Patrick (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) that has become strained by misunderstanding. As Anne prepares a meal for patrick’s colleagues she begins to see similarities between her own circumstance and the lives of Alicja and Charlotte.
Elles premiered at the 62nd Berlin Film Festival in 2012.
Anne
Charlotte
Alicja
Patrick
La mère d’Anne
Le client sadique
Saïd
Le père d’Anne
Florent
Stéphane
La mère de Charlotte
Le père de Charlotte
Thomas
Charles
Colette
Juliette Binoche
Anaïs Demoustier
Joanna Kulig
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Krystyna Janda
Andrzej Chyra
Ali Marhyar
Jean-Marie Binoche
François Civil
Pablo Beugnet
Valérie Dréville
Jean-Louis Coulloc’h
Arthur Moncla
Scali Delpeyrat
Laurence Ragon
Directed by
Screenplay by
Produced by
Original music by
Cinematography by
Film editing by
Production design by
Costume design by
Unit manager
First assistant director
Malgoska Szumowska
Tine Byrckel
Malgoska Szumowska
Daniel Blum
Marianne Slot
Bettina Brokemper
Reinhold Elschot
Pawel Mykietyn
Michal Englert
Jacek Drosio
Françoise Tourmen
Pauline Bourdon
Katarzyna Lewinska
Benoit Baverel
Nicolas Cambois
Produced by
In association with
Slot Machine
Zentropa International Poland
Zentropa International Köln
Memento Films International
Canal+ Polska
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Liberator Productions
Polish Film Institute
Deutsche Filmförderfonds
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Procirep
Cofinova 7
Soficinéma 6
ELLES
a film by Malgoska Szumowska
2011
French trailer with English subtitles
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Promo reel
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Polish trailer
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UK trailer
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Juliette Binoche at the
2011 Toronto International Film Festival
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2011 Belin International Film Festival press conference
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– Soundtrack samples –
"Nocturne in C minor" by Fryderyk Chopin
"Symphony No 2 in C minor" by Gustav Mahler
Press kit
PDF - French
2011 2.8mb
Press kit
PDF - English
2011 2mb
Press kit
PDF - Portuguese
2012 1.7mb
Press kit
PDF - German
2012 2.1mb
Flyer
PDF - English
2012 467kb
Press kit
PDF - Spanish
2012 1.8mb
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