# Elles (2011)

> A privileged Parisian journalist’s investigation into student prostitution becomes an unsettling examination of female agency, class, marriage, and sexual morality.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/60853

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Małgorzata Szumowska
- Cast: Juliette Binoche, Anaïs Demoustier, Joanna Kulig, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Chyra, Ali Marhyar, François Civil
- TMDB rating: 5.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549589/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: intimate, unsettling, provocative, arthouse film night, feminist cinema discussion

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