Elles DVD

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A writer is given a new perspective on her life by two women she initially imagines could not be more different than her in this drama from filmmaker Malgoska Szumowska Anne (Juliette Binoche) is a wife & mother who maintains a busy schedule looking after her youngest son who is obsessed with video games her teenage son (Francois Civil) who spends much of his time stoned on marijuana & her aging father (Jean-Marie Binoche) whose health is failing Anne&s husband (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is too preoccupied with his own career to worry about the household chores & she has to juggle it all while keeping up with her work as a journalist Anne is researching a magazine piece about prostitutes & she&s been conducting extensive interviews with Alicja (Joanna Kulig) & Charlotte (Anais Demoustier) both of whom are attractive well-adjusted women in their early twenties who have turned to sex work to support themselves As Anne develops a greater understanding of Alicja & Charlotte&s lives & work she sees a contrast in the way the younger women have chosen a trade that despite its reputation affords them freedom while Anne&s personal & professional life have become something of a trap Elles was an official selection at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival