Elles [Blu-ray]

Director: Malgoska Szumowska

Overview

A writer is given a new perspective on her life by two women she initially imagines could not be more different than her in this drama from filmmaker Malgoska Szumowska. Anne (Juliette Binoche) is a wife and mother who maintains a busy schedule looking after her youngest son, who is obsessed with video games, her teenage son (Francois Civil), who spends much of his time stoned on marijuana, and her aging father (Jean-Marie Binoche) whose health is failing. Anne's husband (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is too preoccupied with his own career to worry about the household chores, and she has to juggle it all while keeping up with her work as a journalist. Anne is researching a magazine piece about prostitutes, and she's been conducting extensive interviews with Alicja (Joanna Kulig) and Charlotte (Anais Demoustier), both of whom are attractive, well-adjusted women in their early twenties who have turned to sex work to support themselves. As Anne develops a greater understanding of Alicja and Charlotte's lives and work, she sees a contrast in the way the younger women have chosen a trade that, despite its reputation, affords them freedom while Anne's personal and professional life have become something of a trap. Elles was an official selection at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/11/2012
UPC:	0738329102524
Original Release:	2011
Rating:	NR
Source:	Lorber Films (Kino)
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	34,084

Special Features

Edited and unedited trailers; Stills Gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Juliette Binoche	Anne,Anne's Father
Ana?s Demoustier	Charlotte,Actor
Joanna Kulig	Alicja
Louis-Dominique de Lencquesaing	Patrick
Krystyna Janda	Alicja's Mother
Andrzej Chyra	The Sadistic Client
Ali Marhyar	Sa?d
Fran?ois Civil	Florent
Pablo Beugnet	St?phane
Valerie Dreville	Charlotte's Mother
Jean-Louis Coulloc'h	Charlotte's Father
Arthur Moncia	Thomas
Scali Delpeyrat	Charles
Laurence Ragon	Colette
Alain Libolt	Colette's Husband
Swann Arlaud	The Young Client
Nicolas Layani	The Guitar Client
Laurent Jumeaucourt	The Beauty Mark Client
Jos? Fumanal	The Crying Client
Louis-Do De Lencquesaing	Actor

Technical Credits

Malgoska Szumowska

Tine Byrckel

Marianne Slot	Producer
Olivier Guerbois	Executive Producer
Malgoska Szumowska	Screenwriter
Tine Byrckel	Screenwriter
Andre Rigaut	Sound/Sound Designer
Aur?lie Guichard	Casting