Elle

A Paris mansion, winter, a shattered vase. Michèle's life is a chessboard of family crises and corporate power plays, now disrupted by a mysterious attacker. Verhoeven steers this dark comedy with precision.

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Elle was released in 2016 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 131 minutes.