Hard Candy
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Elle
A cool, unsettling character study that keeps you off-balance with its ambiguous morality and dark psychological games.
About 2016 film directed by Paul Verhoeven
Genres psychological thriller, rape and revenge
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by David Birke
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Charles Berling, Christian Berkel, Anne Consigny, Jonas Bloquet, Laurent Lafitte, Alice Isaaz
Music Anne Dudley
Runtime 130 min
Country Belgium, France, Germany
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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