Elles (2011)
Overview
A journalist tries to balance the duties of marriage and motherhood while researching a piece on college women who work as prostitutes to pay their tuition.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $4,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $911,466.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 4.88275 |
Directed By
Małgorzata Szumowska
Crew
Tine Byrckel
Małgorzata Szumowska
Małgorzata Szumowska
Beata Ryczkowska
Jacek Drosio
Nicolas Cambois
Marianne Slot
Aurélie Guichard
André Rigaut
Olivier Guerbois
Katarzyna Lewińska
Françoise Tourmen
Johannes Rexin
Michał Englert
Reinhold Elschot
Cédric Gérard
Agnieszka Kurzydło
Peter Garde
Bettina Brokemper
Paweł Mykietyn
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Daniel Blum
Małgorzata Szumowska
Pauline Bourdon
Matthias Lempert
TOP CAST
Juliette Binoche
Anne
Anaïs Demoustier
Charlotte
Joanna Kulig
Alicja
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Patrick
Krystyna Janda
Mutter
Andrzej Chyra
Sadist client
Ali Marhyar
Saïd
François Civil
Florent
Jean-Marie Binoche
Le père d'Anne
Pablo Beugnet
Stéphane
Valérie Dréville
La mère de Charlotte
Jean-Louis Coulloc'h
Le père de Charlotte
Arthur Moncla
Thomas
Scali Delpeyrat
Charles
Laurence Ragon
Colette
Alain Libolt
Le mari de Colette
Swann Arlaud
The Young Client
Nicolas Layani
Le client guitare
Laurent Jumeaucourt
Le client grain de beauté
José Fumanal
Le client qui pleure
Martine Vandeville
La secrétaire université
Jenny Bellay
La voisine retraitée
Tom Hénin
L'ami de Florent
Anaïs Fabre
(uncredited)
Mateusz Kościukiewicz
(uncredited)
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