ELLES
synopsis
The story of Anne, a wife, mother and journalist currently researching an article about student prostitution for the French edition of ELLE magazine. Anne finds herself drawn to two young women: a down-on-her-luck Polish student and a French girl who comes from one of Paris’ many anonymous housing projects. Both women have entered the sex trade for different reasons, and as they open up to Anne, we are allowed glimpses of the reality of their work. Meanwhile, Anne is forced to confront the bourgeois reality of her own life, where her husband seems married to his cellphone and her son to his PlayStation.
| international title: | Elles |
| original title: | Elles |
| country: | France, Poland, Germany |
| sales agent: | Memento Films International |
| year: | 2012 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Malgorzata Szumowska |
| film run: | 96' |
| release date: | FR 01/02/2012, PL 17/02/2012, HU 01/03/2012, SE 16/03/2012, DE 29/03/2012, BE 18/04/2012, IE 20/04/2012, GB 20/04/2012, GR 26/04/2012, NL 10/05/2012, ES 22/06/2012, IT 14/09/2012, PT 11/10/2012 |
| screenplay: | Tine Byrckel, Malgorzata Szumowska |
| cast: | Juliette Binoche, Joanna Kulig, Anaïs Demoustier |
| cinematography by: | Michal Englert |
| film editing: | Françoise Tourmen |
| art director: | Pauline Bourdon |
| costumes designer: | Katarzyna Lewinska |
| producer: | Marianne Slot |
| production: | Slot Machine, Zentropa International Poland, Zentropa International Koln |
| distributor: | Haut et Court, IFD - Imagine Film Distribution, Zorro Film, Kino Swiat, Artificial Eye, Wild Bunch Benelux, Golem Distribución, Thimfilm GmbH, Camera Film, Folkets Bio, Frenetic Films, Officine UBU, Videorama, Alambique |
