Elle

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Synopsis

French-language Drama. Based on the novel 'Oh…' by Philippe Djian. After she is violently sexually assaulted, a successful businesswoman (Isabelle Huppert) attempts to return to normal while also seeking out her attacker.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence – some blood and detail
• Frequent portrayals of sexual violence and sexual harassment, some in a fantasy context – breast and buttock nudity, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity – breast nudity, some detail
• Infrequent female frontal and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context

Thematic elements

• Gender and power
• Personal versus public lives
• Legacy of trauma

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for sexual violence

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