Whenever I can find a Juliette Binoche movie I am going to watch it because even
if the movie is not good I know that I will see the great acting skills of Juliette Binoche. Last night I saw her in Elles, a French film. I was not disappointed.
Juliette Binoche plays Anne who is a reporter for Elle Magazine. She is writing a story about two college students who are earning a living as call girls. In contrast, Anne leads the life of a typical bourgeois woman, with a husband and two sons, in a big Parisian apartment. Anne has all of the material things of life, but she ultimately realizes that her life is limited and shallow. Her conversations with the two college girls make her realize that there is more to life than she has, and she starts to doubt her own values and certainties.
At first, she is shocked by the girls' relaxed attitude towards prostitution. Later on, she realizes that in reality these girls are everything she herself isn't: independent, adventurous, open-minded, rebellious, and ambitious. Binoche is perfect in the way she expresses the doubts and confusion of her character.
I very much enjoyed this film. I recommend Elles.