Elle (2016)

Elle

Elle (2016) — Crime / Drama / Thriller Michèle Leblanc, a ruthless and successful CEO of a video-game company, is violently attacked in her home by a masked stranger. Rather than following a conventional path, Michèle refuses to be cast as a passive victim: she cleans up, keeps the assault to herself, arms herself, and methodically searches for the man who ruined her life. What begins as a hunt turns into a dangerous and unsettling game of cat-and-mouse that pulls in people from her business, family and social circle. Seeing Elle is an intense, often uncomfortable experience: the film balances tight, suspenseful plotting with moral ambiguity and dark, sometimes ironic moments. You’ll watch a complex, morally opaque protagonist who is equal parts resilient, calculating and unpredictable, and the tension is sustained by the film’s slow-burn atmosphere and moments of shocking brutality. The tone is provocative and challenging — it asks uncomfortable questions about power, control, trauma and responsibility and deliberately resists easy answers. If you want a psychological thriller that unsettles, provokes thought, and centers on a fierce, enigmatic central performance, Elle delivers — but it’s not light viewing.

Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Runtime: 130 min

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.4 /10 Metacritic Rating 89 /100 IMDB Rating 7.1 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.5 /10