Elles
- director: Malgoska Szumowska
- actor: Anaïs Demoustier Joanna Kulig Juliette Binoche
- writer: Malgoska Szumowska
Synopsis:
Anne (Juliette Binoche), a well-off Paris-based mother of two and investigative journalist for ELLE, is writing an article about university student prostitution. Her meetings with two fiercely independent young women, Alicja (Joanna Kulig) and Charlotte (Anaïs Demoustier), are profound and unsettling, moving her to question her most intimate convictions about money, family and sex. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]
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