Elles as a film explores the state of familial
relations in the west. It is set in France where Anne an investigative
journalist who ventures into the University Prostitution for Elle Magazine. From
scene by scene, the strains in her relation with her husband and sons
especially the elder one is shown characteristically.
When left alone she browses thru the computers and
laptops of husband and her son and finds that they watch porn sites. Meanwhile she
gets in two college students who ended up in prostitution due to different
reasons.
One is Alicja, a girl from Poland who when arrived for
education finds tough to get accommodation and left to struggle. A migrant Moroccan
student gives shelter for her in his apartment which eventually leads her to
sleep with him. Then she asks him whether he is giving this because he wants to
sleep with her, he replies yes. She moves out and finds an apartment again
leading to sexual compromise, the first thing does when moved to her apartment
is shouting out from the terrace.
Alicja shares with Anne about her clients and how they behave.
When encountered with these answers Anne finds the impacts emotionally in her
personal life, especially her sexual relations.
The other one is Charlotte ended in prostitution as her
studies affected because of doing part time work. She adds that her mother and
boy friend have still questions on the source of money. Charlotte mentions
about her client who talks to her, some cook for her and confides about their
jobs and then comes sex.
These seem to revelation for Anne as she thought Prostitution
as Nonstop sex. Her personal life turns worse as she involves her too much into
her work. Anne imagines the clients of these girls in her dinner table. The film
ends by Charlotte saying good bye to Anne and leaving happily in the green
covered road.
The importance of this work is the way the screenplay
is done and editing where it is non linear story telling with jump cuts between
the stories from the girl students and Anne life. It is done to deconstruct the
imaginations of prostitution and prostitutes, also the strains in any unhappy
family.
A must watch.
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