ELLE:
130 minutes
Friday, March 3 – 7pm,
Saturday, March 4 – 4 & 8pm,
Sunday, March 5 – 4 & 8pm,
Wednesday, March 8 – 7pm,
and Thursday, March 9 – 7pm.
Michèle (Isabelle Huppert) seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle’s life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game – a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control.
Insider’s tip: “Elle is a gripping whodunit, a tour de force of psychological suspense and a wickedly droll comedy of manners (Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times). A.O. Scott, New York Times adds: “It’s a psychological thriller, a strangely dry-eyed melodrama, a kinky sex farce and, perhaps most provocatively, a savage comedy of bourgeois manners. Mostly, though — inarguably, I would say — it is a platform for the astonishing, almost terrifying talent of Isabelle Huppert.” Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “One of the best films of the year.”
Nominated for one Oscar, ELLE has another 53 wins and 68 nominations for excellence.
13 of 35 critics gave the film a score of 100.