Elle

  • Theatrical - Wide 2016-05-25
Box Office Gross: $2,341,534
Running Time: 131 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: France 2 Cinéma, SBS Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, Proximus, Entre Chien et Loup
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8/10

Synopsis

When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game... See more of cat and mouse with her stalker.

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